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Tears - Ken Dodd
Composers: Uhr, Capano
One of the biggest selling singles in the UK in the 1960's!
Reached #1 in 1965 in UK and sold a million plus.
The tune  the line "Turn our tears of re gret" requires the singer to sing an F 
natural over the A7. If necessary you can play Aaug7 ( Aaug with an added G) to help.
Original key: C
Intro:
C  G7 C  G7
CTears for souvenA7irs are all you've D7left me
G7Memories of a love you've never Cmeant
A7I just can't believe you could D7forget me
D7After all those happy hours we G7spent (together)
CTears have been my A7only consolD7ation
D7But tears can't G7mend a broken heart I must conE7fess
Let's forgDmive and forAdim7get
Adim7Turn our Ctears of Gmre-A7gret
Once D7more to tears of G7happinCess          G#7( To ignore the key change just miss out #!)
C#Tears have been my A#7only consolD#7ation
But tears can't G#7mend a broken heart I must conE#7fess
Let's forgD#mive and forA#dim7get
A#dim7Turn our C#tears of G#mre- A#7gret
Once D#7more to tears of G#7happinC#ess
C#Let's forD#mgive and foA#dim7rget
Turn our C#tears of G#mre- A#7gret
Once D#7more to tears of G#7happinC#ess

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Tears

by Ken Dodd

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Chords in this song · guitar

Adim7

G#7

A#7

D#7

D#m

A#dim7

G#m

Tears - Ken Dodd

Composers: Uhr, Capano

One of the biggest selling singles in the UK in the 1960's!

Reached #1 in 1965 in UK and sold a million plus.

The tune the line "Turn our tears of re gret" requires the singer to sing an F

natural over the A7. If necessary you can play Aaug7 ( Aaug with an added G) to help.

Original key: C

Intro:

C G7 C G7

C A7 D7

Tears for souvenirs are all you've left me

G7 C

Memories of a love you've never meant

A7 D7

I just can't believe you could forget me

D7 G7

After all those happy hours we spent (together)

C A7 D7

Tears have been my only consolation

D7 G7 E7

But tears can't mend a broken heart I must confess

Dm Adim7

Let's forgive and forget

Adim7 C Gm A7

Turn our tears of re-gret

D7 G7 C G#7

Once more to tears of happiness ( To ignore the key change just miss out #!)

C# A#7 D#7

Tears have been my only consolation

G#7 E#7

But tears can't mend a broken heart I must confess

D#m A#dim7

Let's forgive and forget

A#dim7 C# G#m A#7

Turn our tears of re- gret

D#7 G#7 C#

Once more to tears of happiness

C# D#m A#dim7

Let's forgive and forget

C# G#m A#7

Turn our tears of re- gret

D#7 G#7 C#

Once more to tears of happiness

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