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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:
- Dearie, now I know just
what makes me love you so,
- Just what holds me and enfolds
me in its golden glow;
- Dearie, now I see 'tis each
smile so bright and free,
- For life's sadness turns
to gladness when you smile on me;
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- Chorus:
- There are smiles that make
us happy,
- There are smiles that make
us blue;
- There are smiles that steal
away the teardrops,
- As the sunbeams steal away
the dew;
- There are smiles that have
a tender meaning,
- That the eyes of love alone
may see,
- And the smiles that fill
my life with sunshine,
- Are the smiles that you
give to me.
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- Listen to Jim play "Smiles"
on the plectrum banjo (mp3)
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- Listen to the Oakland Banjo
Band play "Smiles" (mp3)
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Arranged by Jim Bottorff
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