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Smiles

Words & Music by J. Will Callahan & Lee S. Roberts - 1917

Verse:-----------	------------------	------------------	------------------
G            E7	A7	D7	G
-            C#dim	D         C#7	Em7       A7	D7
G            E7	A7	D7	G
D           C#7	Em7     D#dim	Em7  F#m   Em7  A7	D7
Chorus:---------	------------------	------------------	------------------
D7	-	-	-           Am7  D7
G	-	-	-                    Gm
B7	-	Em	-
A7	Em7       A7	D7        Cm6	D7
G7	-	-	-
C	-	-	-
A#dim	-	G	-
D7        Am7	-            D7	G	-  (D7 to chorus)

8-beat intro.  Play 4-beats for each cell, reading from left to right.

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Verse:

Dear -ie, now I know just what makes me love you so,

Just what holds me and en -folds me in its gold -en glow;

Dear -ie, now I see 'tis each smile so bright and free,

For life's sad -ness turns to glad -ness when you smile on me;

 

Chorus:

There are smiles that make us hap -py,

There are smiles that make us blue;

There are smiles that steal a -way the tear -drops

As the sun -beams steal a -way the dew;

There are smiles that have a ten -der mean -ing

That the eyes of love a -lone may see,

And the smiles that fill my life with sun -shine

Are the smiles that you give to me.

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Sound Clip:

Listen to Jim play "Smiles" on the plectrum banjo (key of F, 348k mp3)

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Arranged by Jim Bottorff

 

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