Key: E
Introduction: E
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They asked me how I knew
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I of course replied,
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Something here inside,
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Cannot be denied.
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They said someday you'll find
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When your heart's on fire,
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You must realize,
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Smoke gets in your eyes.
C
So, I chaffed them and I gayly laughed
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To think they could doubt, my love.
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Yet today, my love has flown away,
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Now laughing friends deride
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So I smile and say,
C#m7 F#m7
When a lovely flame dies,
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Smoke gets in your eyes
Acoustic Guitar Solo
C
So, I chaffed them and I gayly laughed
G Gº G
To think they could doubt my love
C Am7
Yet today, my love has flown away,
E7M C#m7 A A/B
I am without my love, [WITHOUT MY LOVE]
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Now laughing friends deride
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So I smile and say
C#m7 F#m7
When a lovely flame dies
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Smoke gets in your eyes.