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SMILE   (David Gilmour 2006)
[Intro]
  C    CM7   Am    CM7x2
[Verse 1]
CWould this CM7do/ tCo make it all CM7right
CWhile sleep has CM7taken you /Cwhere I'm out of CM7sight
[Chorus]
DmI'll make my Emgetaway
FTime on my Gown
DmSearch for a Embetter way
FTo find my way Ghome to your Csmile
[Interlude]
   C     CM7     Am    CM7x2
[Verse 2]
CWasting CM7days and days/ Con this fCM7ight
CAlways CM7down, and up/ Chalf the CM7night
DmHopeless to Emreminisce /Fthrough the dark Ghours
DmWe'll only Emsacrifice what Ftime will aGllow us
     ( C    CM7     Am  CM7) x2     ( F   Am   F  G)
You're sighing...sighing + solo (slide)
     (   C    CM7    Am  CM7)       ( Asus2   Am   F  G)
     (   C    CM7    Am  CM7) x2
CAll CM7alone/ Cthough you're right CM7here
CNow it's CM7time to go/ Cfrom your sad CM7stare
[Chorus]
DmMake my Emgetaway
DmTime on my Gown
DmLeaving's a Embetter way
             Dm              G   C-------
To find my way home to your smile
[Outro]
( C   CM7   Am  CM7) x4      ( Dm   Em   F  G) x2
( C   CM7   Am  CM7)         ( C   CM7   Am   C-----)

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Smile

by David Gilmour

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CM7

Asus2

SMILE (David Gilmour 2006)

[Intro]

C CM7 Am CM7

[Verse 1]

C CM7 C CM7

Would this do/ to make it all right

C CM7 C CM7

While sleep has taken you /where I'm out of sight

[Chorus]

Dm Em

I'll make my getaway

F G

Time on my own

Dm Em

Search for a better way

F G C

To find my way home to your smile

[Interlude]

C CM7 Am CM7

[Verse 2]

C CM7 C CM7

Wasting days and days/ on this fight

C CM7 C CM7

Always down, and up/ half the night

Dm Em F G

Hopeless to reminisce /through the dark hours

Dm Em F G

We'll only sacrifice what time will allow us

C CM7 Am CM7 F Am F G

( ) x2 ( )

You're sighing...sighing + solo (slide)

C CM7 Am CM7 Asus2 Am F G

( ) ( )

C CM7 Am CM7

( ) x2

C CM7 C CM7

All alone/ though you're right here

C CM7 C CM7

Now it's time to go/ from your sad stare

[Chorus]

Dm Em

Make my getaway

Dm G

Time on my own

Dm Em

Leaving's a better way

Dm G C

-------

To find my way home to your smile

[Outro]

C CM7 Am CM7 Dm Em F G

( ) x4 ( ) x2

C CM7 Am CM7 C CM7 Am C

( ) ( -----)

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