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Tears:Ken Dodd
#1 in UK in 1965.
[Verse 1]
CTears for souveAnirs are all you've Dleft D7me.
GMemories of a G7love you never CmeantG7.
AI just can't beA7lieve you could forDget D7me,
Dafter all those D7happy hours we GspenG7t.
[Verse 2]
CTears have been my Aonly consolDatioD7n.
But tears can't Gmend a broken G7heart, I must conEfess.
Let's forDmgive and forD7get..turn our Ctears of regAret,
once Dmore, to tears of G7happi..Cness.
[Verse 3]
C#Tears have been my A#only consolEbationEb7.
But tears can't G#mend a broken G#7heart, I must conFfess.
Let's forD#mgive and forEb7get..turn our C#tears of reA#gret,
once Ebmore, to tears of G#7happi..C#ness.
[Outro]
Let's forD#mgive and forEb7get..turn our C#tears of reA#gret,
once Ebmore, to tears of G#7happiC#ness.
A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.

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Ken Dodd - Tears

by Ken Dodd

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Eb7

G#7

D#m

Tears:Ken Dodd

#1 in UK in 1965.

[Verse 1]

C A D D7

Tears for souvenirs are all you've left me.

G G7 C G7

Memories of a love you never meant.

A A7 D D7

I just can't believe you could forget me,

D D7 G G7

after all those happy hours we spent.

[Verse 2]

C A D D7

Tears have been my only consolation.

G G7 E

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

Dm D7 C A

Let's forgive and forget..turn our tears of regret,

D G7 C

once more, to tears of happi..ness.

[Verse 3]

C# A# Eb Eb7

Tears have been my only consolation.

G# G#7 F

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

D#m Eb7 C# A#

Let's forgive and forget..turn our tears of regret,

Eb G#7 C#

once more, to tears of happi..ness.

[Outro]

D#m Eb7 C# A#

Let's forgive and forget..turn our tears of regret,

Eb G#7 C#

once more, to tears of happiness.

A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.

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