Then I'll Be Smiling chords by Matt Nathanson

Chords with lyrics

• Capo on 6th

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Artist: Matt Nathanson
Song: Then I'll Be Smiling


Chords:
G:    3x0033
G/B:   x20033
C:    x32010
Cadd9:  x30033
D:    xx0232
D/F#:  200233
D/C#:  x40232
Am7:   x02010
Bmadd#5: x2403x
E7:   020xxx
A:    50xxxx

The main riff throughout the song goes like this (D* for purposes of this tab):

E MajorE|--3--------3--------2----2--------|
BB|--3--------3--------3----3--------|
G+G|--0--------0--------0h2--2h4p2p0--|
D MajorD|--0--------0--------0----0--------|
A augmentedA|--3--------x----------------------|
E MajorE|-----------3----------------------|

Intro:
Cadd9Cadd9 G+G D*
Cadd9Cadd9 G+G D*

Verse 1:
Cadd9Cadd9  G+G  D*
Trailed by a mess
  Cadd9Cadd9
Of masking tape
  G+G
Construction paper
    D*
And the best of intentions
  Bmadd#5    Cadd9Cadd9  D*
He tried to patch up every hole as he went
Bmadd#5 Cadd9Cadd9   D*
Back and forth and back again

    Cadd9Cadd9    G+G    D*
And his friends half full of half concerns
 Cadd9Cadd9   G+G     D*
Embarrassed looks and tired words
       Bmadd#5
They burrowed deeper
     Cadd9Cadd9      D*
Into the ignorant little lives they preferred
    Bmadd#5   Cadd9Cadd9
And he envied their distance
   D*
Their lack of concern

He thought

Pre-Chorus:
Am7Am7   G/BG/B      C majorC
 Once I shed the whole  of me
Am7Am7   G/BG/B      C majorC
 Once I shed the whole  of me
E7E7      A augmentedA
Then I'll be smiling


Interlude:
Cadd9Cadd9 G+G D*
Cadd9Cadd9 G+G D*


Verse 2:
  Cadd9Cadd9 G+G D*
He cursed himself
    Cadd9Cadd9    G+G      D*
And his instinct to nurse every idea to health
  Bmadd#5  Cadd9Cadd9     D*
And all of the falls that he'd spent
     Bmadd#5 Cadd9Cadd9     D*
Trying to coax his name from the mouths of success

He thought

Pre-Chorus:
Am7Am7   G/BG/B      C majorC
 Once I shed the whole  of me
Am7Am7   G/BG/B      C majorC
 Once I shed the whole  of me
E7E7      A augmentedA
Then I'll be smiling


Chorus:
G+G       D/F#D/F#  G/BG/B  Cadd9Cadd9
 They litter me with small awarenesses
G+G D/F#D/F#      G/BG/B    Cadd9Cadd9
    Then they ask if I'm good enough
G+G    D/F#D/F#  G/BG/B  Cadd9Cadd9
 Litter me with small awarenesses
D MajorD
 Just to wake me up
D/C#
 Why do the fools wake me up


Interlude:
Cadd9Cadd9 G+G D*
Cadd9Cadd9 G+G D*


Pre-Chorus:
Am7Am7   G/BG/B      C majorC
 Once I shed the whole  of me
Am7Am7   G/BG/B      C majorC
 Once I shed the whole  of me
E7E7      A augmentedA
Then I'll be smiling


Chorus:
G+G       D/F#D/F#  G/BG/B  Cadd9Cadd9
 They litter me with small awarenesses
G+G D/F#D/F#      G/BG/B    Cadd9Cadd9
    Then they ask if I'm good enough
G+G    D/F#D/F#  G/BG/B  Cadd9Cadd9
 Litter me with small awarenesses
D MajorD
 Just to wake me up
G+G    D/F#D/F#  G/BG/B  Cadd9Cadd9
 Litter me with small awarenesses
   G+G       D/F#D/F#  G/BG/B    Cadd9Cadd9
 And they have the gall to ask if I'm good enough
G+G       D/F#D/F#  G/BG/B  Cadd9Cadd9
 They litter me with small awarenesses
D MajorD
 Just to wake me up
D/C#
 Why do the fools wake me up


Outro:
Cadd9Cadd9 G+G D*
Cadd9Cadd9 G+G D MajorD