As Tears Go By

Words & Music by Mick Jagger, Andrew Oldham & Keither Richard
Recorded by Marianne Faithful, 1964 (#2) (Rolling Stones' version, #6 in 1965)



D          E              G     A
It is the evening of the day;

D          E                  G     A
I sit and watch the children play.

G       G/F# Em7    A7   D     D9      Bm   Bm7
Smiling faces I can see,   but not for me -

G  G/F#      G/E     G/B     A7sus4  A7
I   sit and watch as tears go by.


D          E               G     A
My riches can't buy everything;

D          E                 G     A
I want to hear the children sing.

G     G/F#  Em7     A7    D    D9           Bm        Bm7
All I  hear is the sound    of rain falling on the ground;

G  G/F#      G/E     G/B     A7sus4  A7
I  sit  and watch as tears go by.


D         E              G    A
It is the evening of the day;

D          E                  G     A
I sit and watch the children play.

G       G/F# Em7     A7  D     D9      Bm  Bm7
Smiling faces I can see,   but not for me -

G  G/F#      G/E     G/B     A7sus4  A7
I  sit  and watch as tears go by.



(Instrumental interlude - first 2 lines of verse)



G     G/F#     Em7     A7  D        D9       Bm   Bm7
Doing things I used to do,    they think are new;

G  G/F#      G/E     G/B     A7sus4  A7
I  sit  and watch as tears go by.




 
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