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B/E E
When I was a boy
B/E E
all the books I read
A
I followed like a blind man
to heed the words my father said.
E B E
Those golden summers faded into night,
B E
words become a dream,
A
the echoes of my childhood
B
and where the path is winding.
G
May God bless you,
F G
keep you safe from all harm.
C
Oh, may I stand by you always.
G
Time and motion.
F
Hands touch,
G G/F F Em/F Dm/F C/F Dm/F
lips find a way to heaven on high.
E B/E E B/E A/E
B/E E
Watch the children play,
B/E E
the child becomes a man,
A
and all the tangled webs we weave,
you swear it as we live and breath.
E B E
We stay together, death until you part.
B E
Winner takes the prize.
A
The future's at your finger tips,
B
right before your eyes.
G
No more sorrow (smoke and mirrors).
F
No more nights with no end. (I really learned a lot)
G C
I see my tomorrows (smoke and mirrors)
Am E7
And nothing from nothing.
Am
And ashes to ash es, they say.
F E7
All the more that you reach out
F
the more that it runs away.
G F
Smoke and mirrors.
G C
Smoke and mirrors.
G F
(No more goodbyes) (No lies)
That's all I ever got, smoke and mirrors.
G G/F
(you find your way there heaven on high)
She show me what she's got, smoke and mirrors.
F Em/F Dm/F C/F Dm/F C/F D
G
May God bless you,
F
keep you safe from all harm.
G F/G
I stand by you always.
G
Time and motion (smoke and mirrors)
F
Hands touch,
G G/F F Em/F Dm/F
(that's all I ever got) (smoke and mirrors)
lips find a way to heaven on high .
G
No more sorrows
(I really learned a lot, smoke and mirrors)
F G
No more nights with no end.
(She show me what she's got, smoke and mirrors)
G/F F Em/F Dm/F
I rise or I fall.
G
No more goodbyes.
(She really makes me hot, smoke and mirrors)
F G
No lies, you find a way there,
G/F
heaven on high.
Written by Barry Gibb/Maurice Gibb/Robin Gibb