Smiling
Released in 1991 by Kitchenware Records
Transpose
INTRO
D9
VERSE 1
The
Cm7
jet plane draws a
Am7b5
jagged wound along the
F#dim
dimming autumn
F7
sky
His
Cm7
breath steams on a
Am7b5
head of him as through the
F#dim
tenement he does
F7
stride
To
C7/G
knock
u
Eb
pon some
F7
doors
The
C7/G
boy who
Eb
asked for
F7
more
And who
C7/G
hid his real
Eb
fears so the
F7
people just saw
Cm7
Fmaj7
They saw him
D9
smiling
They only ever saw him
D9
smiling
VERSE 2
He
Cm7
breathes the air of the
Am7b5
barber’s shop – the
F#dim
steam, smoke and cheap co
F7
logne
He says, “
Cm7
Old man, tell this
Am7b5
razor blade how much you
F#dim
want to be left a
F7
lone”
Over the
C7/G
mirror
Eb
to the
F7
left
A postcard
C7/G
girl with
Eb
naked
F7
breasts
Brings us
C7/G
greetings from
Eb
Crete to this
F7
ugly man’s street
Cm7
Fmaj7
Just by
D9
smiling
Look, she’s all
D9
smiling
INTERLUDE
Yeah, she
Am7
pouts and acts
Am7/G
hot with James
Am7
Bond on his
Am7/G
yacht
His arching
D9
eyebrow, his martini seed
While in her
Am7
village in Mi
Am7/G
lan, starving
Am7
people stole
Am7/G
cans
And bet
D9
silver or the loser will bleed
Cm7
Am7b5
F#dim
F7
Cm7
Am7b5
F#dim
F7
VERSE 3
In a
Cm7
few more years the cruel
Am7b5
boy makes his way up to
F#dim
where the real power
F7
is
Until a
Cm7
bomb in his car blows him all
Am7b5
over a wall and his
F#dim
comrades shake their
F7
fists
We see the
C7/G
biggest
Eb
killers of
F7
all
Who
C7/G
say they
Eb
are
ap
F7
palled
They say, “Our
C7/G
rage is ex
Eb
treme,” but you
F7
know what they mean
Cm7
Fmaj7
Upstairs they’re
D9
smiling
Yeah, still
D9
scared and still smiling