Smiling Phases — Blood, Sweat & Tears
Chords and lyrics for Smiling Phases by Blood, Sweat & Tears (key of F).
Verse 1
Transcription and chart
Peter Kruger
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Intro
|Gsus2 |Asus2 Bsus2|Csus2 |Dsus2 |
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|F |F7 |
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Verse 1
[C]Do yourself a [F]favor
[C]Wake up to your [F]mind
[C]Life is what you [F]make it
You [C7]see, but still you're [F]blind
[D]Get yourself to [G]gether
[D]Give before you [G]take
[D]You'll find out the [G]hard way
[D]Soon, you're gonna [Em]bre-e-eak
hey hey [A]hey
Chorus 1
[G7] Smiling phases, going places
[C] And if they bust you, you just
Keep on smiling [G]through and through
And you'll be a [C]mazed at the [Bb-5]gaze
On their [Ab]faces as [Fm]they sentence
|Gsus2 |Asus2 Bsus2|Csus2 |Dsus2 |
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|F |F7 |
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Verse 2
[C]You don't need a [F]lawyer
[C]When you're in a [F]fix
[C]Someone got to [F]pay up
Your [C]friends are full of [F]tricks
[D]Profit you love is [G]something
[D]That you just can't [G]buy
[D]Own up to the [G]truth, girl
Your [D]love has gone on [Em]by
Hey, hey, [A]hey
Chorus 2
[G7] Smiling Phases bring you flowers
[C] You can line 'em up and
You can watch 'em [G]grow for hours
And you'll be a [C]mazed at the [Bb-5]way
That they [Ab]stare as they [Fm]walk by your [G]door
organ:
|Gsus2 | % | % | % |
piano solo:
|Gm7 C | |Gm7 C | |
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|Gm7 C | |Gm7 C | |
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|Gm7 C | |Gm7 C | |
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|Gm7 C | |Gm7 C | |
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..add organ:
|Gm7 C |Gm7 C |Gm7 C |Gm7 C |
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|Dmaj7 G6 |Dmaj7 G6 |N.C |N.C. |
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|Emaj7 A6 |Emaj7 A6 |Bb13 A13 Ab13 G13 Ab13 ...........|
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|G7 |G7 |G7 |G7 |
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piano with walking bass
|G13 | % | % | % | | |
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|G13 | % | % | % |
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|G13 | % | % | % |
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end piano soloO
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[Gsus2] [Absus2] [Gsus2] [Absus2]
[Gsus2] [Absus2] [Asus2]
brass:
|G6 |G6 |G6 Cmaj7 |Cmaj7 |
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|A6 |A6 |A6 Amaj7 |Amaj7 |
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slower, brass ensemble with organ:
|Bb Bb/D |Eb F Gbo|Bb/F C/E |Fsus4 F |
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|Bb/D Cm7 | Bbmaj7 Bb7 |Eb Dm7 Cm7 Eb/Bb|Bb F7 |F7
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|Gsus2 |Asus2 Bsus2|Csus2 |Dsus2 |
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|F |F7 |
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Verse 3
[C]Do yourself a [F]favor
[C]Wake up to your [F]mind
[C]Life is what you [F]make it
You [C]see, but still you're [F]blind
[D]Get yourself to [G]gether
[D]Give before you [G]take
[D]You'll find out the [G]hard way
[D]Soon, you're gonna [Em]bre-e-eak
hey hey [A]hey
Chorus 1
[G7] Smiling phases, going places
[C] And if they bust you, you just
Keep on smiling [G]through and through
And you'll be a [C]mazed at the [Bb-5]gaze
On their [Ab]faces as [Fm]they sentence
Coda
|Db B-5 |A Gbm |D C-5 |Gm Ab | xx drum
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fill |
you!
Gsus2 ....................................
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