Smiling Phases(Chords)

	        Intro: 

	Bb       C        Eb       F 
	/ / / /  / / / /  / / / /  / / / / 

	Ab      {N.C.; 1-bar drum fill} 
	/ / / / 

Verse 1: 

	Eb{2:/Bb}    Ab/Eb 
	Do yourself a favor 
	Eb              Ab/Eb 
	Wake up to your mind 
	Eb               Ab/Eb 
	Life is what you make it 
	    Eb                   Ab/Eb 
	You see but still you're blind 
	F             Bb/F      F         Bb/F 
	Get yourself together, give before you take 
	F                    Bb/F 
	You'll find out the hard way 
	F                      G               C    B 
	Soon you're going to break, yeah yeah yeah 
 1: 
	Bb 
	Smiling phases, showing traces 
	Eb 
	Even when they bust you 
	                              Bb 
	Keep on smiling through and through 
	            Eb           Db            B  
	You'll be amazed at the gaze on their faces 
	   Abm            Bb 
	As they sentence you 

{repeat intro} 

Verse 2: 

	You don't need a lawyer 
	When you're in a fix 
	Someone gets the payoff 
	You're friends are full of tricks 
	Happiness is something 
	That you just can't find 
	Own up to the truth girl 
	You're living with your mind 
2: 

	Sugar daddy brings you flowers 
	You just hang him up and 
	Keep him waiting there for hours 
	And you should see the look on his face 
	As you slide down the rail 

Coda: 

	Bb       C        Eb       F 
	/ / / /  / / / /  / / / /  / / / / 

	Ab       Bb       C 
	/ / / /  / / / /  / / / /  / / / / 

	(jam on C to fade) 



	        

Written by Jim Capaldi/Steve Winwood/Chris Wood