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As Tears Go By by The Rolling Stones

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AS TEARS GO BY  by Mick Jagger, Keith Richards and Andrew Oldha

I play this song without any septime chord. It sounds great too
Each time I play the song, it sounds a little bit different, becaus
I finger with the chords around. It means, that I play all the notes tha
available for the current chord. Sometimes I added a g-note on the e-strin
to the D-chord [Dsus4], sometimes I played the e-note on the E-string instead of th
e-note on the D-string. Things I ever do is the bridge [Em]-[Em7]-[C] and th
finger style at the D-chord. This sounds great and if you heard it you won't miss it
The finger style at the D-chord supports also the melody
The chords in brackets are "only" interim chords, but it gives the song its own character

The chords are very simple: [G]  [A]  [C]  [D

The intro is the same as the verse. Play it two times

Repeat the following part two times 

         It is the        evening of the    da----------

  G                       A
||--------3-------3------|-----------0-----|---------0-----0---
||-------------0-----0---|-------3-----3---|-------1---------1-
||-----------0----------0|-----3---------3-|-0---0-------------
||-----------------------|---3-------------|-----------0-2-----
||-----------------------|-0---------------|---3---------------
||-0-3-------------------|-----------------|-------------------

---------
 D        [Dsus2]

|--------2---0----2-----|
|------3------------3---|
|----2----------------2-|
|-0----------0---0------|
|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|


after second repeat switch to the followin


    smiling faces  I can se-----e      but not for      m
 C                 D      [Dsus4]D     G               Em       [Em7

|------------0----|-------2--0---2----|------3---------|----0---------
|---------1-----1-|-----3----------3--|----0---0-------|---0----------
|------0----------|---2--------------2|--0-------0---0-|--0-----0---0-
|-----------------|-0-----------------|------------0---|------2---0---
|--3--------------|-------------------|----------------|-2------------
|-----------------|-------------------|-3--------------|--------------


  I  sit   and    watch as tears go    b
 C                                     D      [Dsus4]D[Dsus4

|---------0-----------------0------0-|-------2---0---2----0---
|-------1---1-------------1---1------|-----3----------------3-
|-----0-------0---0-----0-------0----|---2--------------------
|--------------2------------------2--|-0----------------------
|-3-----------------3----------------|------------------------
|------------------------------------|------------------------


  [G]  [A]  [C]  [D

[G] It is the [A] evening of the [C] day.  [D
[G] I sit and [A] watch the children [C] play.  [D
[C] Smiling faces [D] I can see, [G] but not for [Em] me
[C] I sit and watch as tears [Em] go [D] by



[G] My riches [A] can't buy every[C]thing.  [D
[G] I want to [A] hear the children [C] sing.  [D
[C] All I hear [D] is the sound [G] of rain falling [Em] on the ground
[C] I sit and watch as tears [Em] go [D] by


  Solo (the same as the intro


[G] It is the [A] evening of the [C] day.  [D
[G] I sit and [A] watch the children [C] play.  [D
[C] Doing things I [D] used to do [G] they think are [Em] new
[C] I sit and watch as tears [Em] go [D] by



  [G]  [A]  [C]  [D
  [G]  [A]  [C]  [D

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As Tears Go By Tab Info

Last Updated: January 30, 2026