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Key: C# (capo 1st fret) 
Intro:  Dm   G   C   G   C   Dm   G   C   F   G   C  
Chorus: 
N/C                  Dm  
Mona Lisa lost her smile 
GThe painter's hands are trembling Cnow G  C  
And if she's out there running wDmild 
GIt's just because I taught her Chow F  G  C  
The masterpiece that we had pDmlanned 
GIs laying shattered on the Cground G  C  
Mona Lisa lost her sDmmile 
GAnd the painter's hands are trembling Cnow F  G  C  
Verse I: 
N/C                        Dm  
And the eyes that used to burn for me 
GNow they no longer look my way C  
And the love that Dmused to be 
D7Why, it just got lost in yesterday G  
N/C                              C   Dm  
And if she seems cold to the touch 
GWell there used to burn a Cflame 
I gave too little, took too Dmmuch 
D7'Til I erased the painter's name G  
Chorus 
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Mona Lisa Lost Her Smile

by David Allan Coe

Lyrics & chords · Original key · Capo on fret 1 (as written in this song)

Chords in this song · guitar

Key: C# (capo 1st fret)

Dm G C G C Dm G C F G C

Intro:

Chorus:

N/C

Mona Lisa lost her smile

G C G C

The painter's hands are trembling now

And if she's out there running wild

G C F G C

It's just because I taught her how

The masterpiece that we had planned

G C G C

Is laying shattered on the ground

Mona Lisa lost her smile

G C F G C

And the painter's hands are trembling now

Verse I:

N/C

And the eyes that used to burn for me

G C

Now they no longer look my way

And the love that used to be

D7 G

Why, it just got lost in yesterday

C Dm

N/C

And if she seems cold to the touch

G C

Well there used to burn a flame

I gave too little, took too much

D7 G

'Til I erased the painter's name

Chorus

Chorus instrumental

Chorus

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