Smilin Chords by Pascale Picard

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_ _ _ [G] _ _ So we seem to have sorted [Bb] out all the [G] textbooks.
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_ _ _ [F] _ So whatever happens, basically, we keep going.
You good?
Yes.
All right, guys?
_ Excellent.
Okay.
Three, two, one. _ _ _ _
_ Playback. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ I am not [Dm] gonna make it.
_ [F] I can see the [Dm] crowd around me.
It's [C] getting bigger as it is.
I'm not gonna make it.
[Gm] I'm trying to figure out [Bb] why I [C] feel so [F] insulated.
I [Dm] have my friends but don't have much [F] time for them.
I [Dm] have my house, a tiny pocket [C] in the luggage.
I [Gm] have my boyfriend, but he's also [Bb] just tired of [C] listening to me.
[F] _ _ Every [Dm] single day seems like a mountain [F] to climb.
Every [Dm] single word takes all my [C] strength to get it out.
[Gm] Tired of talking about me, but in [Bb] fact, it's the only [C] thing I get a grip [F] on.
_ _ [Dm] Feel like I'm not gonna [F] make it tonight.
I really [Dm] feel like I'm not gonna [C] make it.
_ That [Gm] it might be the best [G] thing that ever [Bb] happened to me.
[C] So now, [F] hey, little girl, [Am] keep on smiling.
Cause [Gm] I don't wanna hear you complaining.
[Bb] You're a lucky [C] girl, your life is so [F] exciting.
So I'll [D] keep on [Am] making bad jokes.
Cause you think [Gm] I'm strong and it might be the way you [Bb] like it.
[C] Oh, how I need you to [F] like me. _ _
_ _ _ _ I have tried as [Dm] hard as I can.
_ _ [F] I have tried [Dm] to go through a magic path, but I [C] was like a train between work [Gm] and bars.
Never [Bb] found out what I [C] was traveling [F] for.
Now [Bb] I [C] [Dm] put my car in the back, no safe [F] place to go.
I can still [Dm] hold my drink, but I'm not as thirsty [C] as before.
_ _ [Gm] I've _ [Bb] _
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[Dm] _ _ lost [F] the way to me.
[Dm] Slow pace in a world [C] we are wise.
And that is [Gm] my one will, I hope you'll have [Bb] seen.
Somewhere [C] behind. _
[F] _ _ _ [Dm] Feel like I'm not gonna [F] make it.
I really [Dm] feel like I'm not gonna [C] make it.
But [Gm] it might be the best thing that ever [Bb] happened to me, [C] so now.
[F] Hey, little girl, [Am] keep on smiling.
Cause [Gm] I don't wanna hear you complaining.
[Bb] You're a lucky [C] girl, your life is so [F] exciting.
So I'll keep on [Am] making bad jokes.
Cause you think [Gm] I'm strong and it might be the way you [Bb] like it.
[C] Oh, how I need you to [F] like me.
[D] Please [Am] _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ [Dm] _
[Bb] _ _ [C] _ _ [F] _ now, just don't [Am] count on me.
I can't handle [Gm] it anymore.
[Bb] And don't ask me [C] why if you don't want me [F] to lie.
Just hold [Am] the alarm, don't you see that [Gm] I'm just down.
[Bb] Just don't worry [C] soon I'll be back on the [F] track smiling. _ _
[Am] _ Cause I'll get [Gm] tired of complaining.
And then I'm a lucky girl, [Bb] I'm doing [C] exactly what I wanted.
[F] So I'll keep on [Am] making bad jokes.
Cause I need [Gm] to be strong, it might be my only chance [Bb] to get out of it.
[C] And now I really need [F] to make it. _
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