Chords
Smoke and mirrors

Key: B

Introduction:

difficulty
intermediate |||||
             B/E                     E 
            When I was a boy
             B/E                           E 
            all the books I read
                   A 
            I followed like a blind man
            to heed the words my father said.
                           E                           B                   E 
            Those golden summers faded into night,
               B                             E 
            words become a dream,
                     A 
            the echoes of my childhood
                       B 
            and where the path is winding.
               G 
            May God bless you,
               F                                                   G 
            keep you safe from all harm.
                                                           C 
            Oh, may I stand by you always.
               G 
            Time and motion.
               F 
            Hands touch,
                                           G                         G/F     F     Em/F     Dm/F     C/F     Dm/F 
            lips find a way to heaven on high.

               B/E                                 E 
            Watch the children play,
             B/E                                   E 
            the child becomes a man,
                     A 
            and all the tangled webs we weave,
            you swear it as we live and breath.
                     E                           B                             E 
            We stay together, death until you part.
               B                                 E 
            Winner takes the prize.
                     A 
            The future's at your finger tips,
               B 
            right before your eyes.
             G 
            No more sorrow (smoke and mirrors).
             F 
            No more nights with no end. (I really learned a lot)
     G                             C 
            I see my tomorrows (smoke and mirrors)
     Am                                             E7 
            And nothing from nothing.
                                             Am 
            And ashes to ash   es, they say.
     F                                                           E7 
            All the more that you reach out
                                                       F 
            the more that it runs away.
 G                                     F 
            Smoke and mirrors.
 G                                     C 
            Smoke and mirrors.
                                                     G                                                         F 
                                                  (No more goodbyes)                       (No     lies)
            That's all I ever got,                           smoke and mirrors.
                                                                       G                                         G/F 
            (you find         your               way there heaven           on high)
                      She show me what she's got,                 smoke and mirrors.

               G 
            May God bless you,
               F 
            keep you safe from all harm.
         G                               F/G 
            I stand by you always.
               G 
            Time and motion (smoke and mirrors)
               F 
            Hands touch,
                                                               G                                               G/F       F     Em/F     Dm/F 
                      (that's all I ever got)             (smoke and mirrors)
            lips find               a       way to heaven             on         high .
             G 
            No more sorrows
            (I really learned a lot, smoke and mirrors)
             F                                             G 
            No more nights with no end.
            (She show me what she's got, smoke and mirrors)
                                       G/F     F     Em/F     Dm/F 
            I rise or I fall.
             G 
            No more goodbyes.
            (She really makes me hot, smoke and mirrors)
             F                                           G 
            No lies, you find a way there,
                                 G/F 
            heaven on high.