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Intro: Bm---pause
   I look out and I  Emsee the rain
   AAs it falls on my   DM7window pane
   GM7And the music  Emthat's in my heart
C#(/F)          Gb  
   Is a sad refrain.
   BmEndless traffic  Emof sounds and sights
   AMidst the glitter   DM7of neon lights
   GM7Still the music  Emthat's in my heart
C#(/F)         Gb  
   Is the same sad refrain.
Refrain
   MBem'ries of you G#mfollow everywC#mhere I go
   DGbown the high and by-ways of Bmy days
   G#Music of your laughter fills my   C#mevery dream
   C#m6(/A#)                Eb       G#m  C#m, Gb,
   Like     a love song  from long ago
   BNever ending   G#mstreams of faces C#mcome and go
   GbMillion diff'rent people all arBound
   F#m7No use sB7earching for I'll never EM7find you there
       C#m        F#           B    Em-Gb-Bm---
   For you are far  beyond compare.
(Repeat 2nd stanza of Refrain except last word)
              B  G#m-C#m-
   ...compare.
   La ra Gbra ra ra.B..
   F#m7No use searching for I'll never,B  
   no use searching for I'll never EM7find you there
               C#m             Gb  B-G-B-
   For you are far  beyond compare.
   Take a jet to a  Emhideaway, Afrom the humdrum   DM7of everyday
             GM7                    Em  C#(/F)             Gb  
   Yet the music  that's in my heart      is a sad refrain.
   BmFluctuations  Emin the market scene
   AFill my Dow Jones   DM7with every beam
   GM7And the music  Emthat's in my heart
C#(/F)         Gb  
   Is  the same  sad refrain.

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Refrain

by Jose Mari Chan

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

DM7

GM7

G#m

C#m

C#m6

F#m7

EM7

Intro: Bm---pause

I look out and I see the rain

A DM7

As it falls on my window pane

GM7 Em

And the music that's in my heart

C# Gb

(/F)

Is a sad refrain.

Bm Em

Endless traffic of sounds and sights

A DM7

Midst the glitter of neon lights

GM7 Em

Still the music that's in my heart

C# Gb

(/F)

Is the same sad refrain.

Refrain

B G#m C#m

Mem'ries of you follow everywhere I go

Gb B

Down the high and by-ways of my days

G# C#m

Music of your laughter fills my every dream

C#m6 Eb G#m C#m Gb

(/A#) , ,

Like a love song from long ago

B G#m C#m

Never ending streams of faces come and go

Gb B

Million diff'rent people all around

F#m7 B7 EM7

No use searching for I'll never find you there

C#m F# B Em-Gb-Bm---

For you are far beyond compare.

(Repeat 2nd stanza of Refrain except last word)

B G#m C#m

...compare.

Gb B

La ra ra ra ra...

F#m7 B

No use searching for I'll never,

EM7

no use searching for I'll never find you there

C#m Gb B G B

---

For you are far beyond compare.

Em A DM7

Take a jet to a hideaway, from the humdrum of everyday

GM7 Em C# Gb

(/F)

Yet the music that's in my heart is a sad refrain.

Bm Em

Fluctuations in the market scene

A DM7

Fill my Dow Jones with every beam

GM7 Em

And the music that's in my heart

C# Gb

(/F)

Is the same sad refrain.

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