Your Smiling Face by James Taylor

Your Smiling Face - James Taylor   (Album: ‘JT’ 1977)


Intro:
                               A/B
  |     |     |       |        |     |     |       |   
E----------------------------|-0----------------------------|
B----------------------------|-2----------------------------|
G----------------------------|-2---------------------4------|
D----------------------------|-------------------4-----6-6b-|
A--------------------0---1-2-|-2-------------5h6------------|
E----------------2-4---------|------------------------------|

                               A/B
  |     |     |       |        |     |     |       |   
E----------------------------|-0----------------------------|
B----------------------------|-2----------------------------|
G----------------------------|-2---------------------4------|
D----------------------------|-------------------4-----6-6b-|
A--------------------0---1-2-|-2-------------5h6------------|
E----------------2-4---------|------------------------------|

  A/B
  |     |     |       |        
E----------------------------|
B----------------------------|
G----------------------------|
D----------------------------|
A----------------------------|
E----------------------------|


    E      E/(D#)   C#m7    C#m7/(B) 
Whenever I see your smiling face,  
  A       A/(G#)  F#m7    B7sus4  E        C#m7   F#m7  B7sus4
I have to smile myself, because I love you.
    E             E/(D#)  C#m7          C#m7/(B)
And when you give me that pretty little pout
   A        A/(G#)  F#m7    
it turns me inside out.
        B7sus4     E        C#m7          F#m7  B7sus4  G#7/C
There's something about you baby, I don't know.


C#m       G#m      A        Bbm7(b5) B    G#7/C  C#m7   C#m7/B
Isn't it amazing a man like me   can feel this   way
A                E/G#                  F#m7           A   B
Tell me how much longer.  It will grow stronger every day
G#m          C#
Oh, how much longer


  F#               F#/(F)      D#m7      D#m7/(C#) 
I thought I was in love just a couple of times 
  B             B/(A#)    G#m7      C#7sus4  
before with the girl next door, but that was
F#            D#m7              G#m7        C#7sus4
long before I met you.  Now I'm sure that I won't forget you.
      F#       F#/(F) D#m7  D#m7/(C#) 
And I thank my lucky  stars   that 
B       B/(A#)  G#m7    C#7sus4  
you are who you are and not just
 F#            D#m7              G#m7     B7sus4   Bb7/D
another lovely lady sent down to break my heart.


D#m       Bbm      B        Cm7(b5)  C#   Bb7/D  D#m7   D#m7/C#
Isn't it amazing a man like me   can feel this   way
B                F#/A#                G#m7           
Tell me how much longer.  It can grow stronger every day

                               B/C#
  |     |     |       |        |     |     |       |   
E----------------------------|-2----------------------------|
B----------------------------|-4----------------------------|
G----------------------------|-4---------------------6------|
D----------------------------|-------------------6-----8-8b-|
A------------------1-2---3-4-|-4-------------7h8------------|
E----------------4-----------|------------------------------|

                               C#/D#
  |     |     |       |        |     |     |       |   
E----------------------------|-4----------------------------|
B----------------------------|-6----------------------------|
G----------------------------|-6---------------------8------|
D----------------------------|-------------------8----10-8--|
A------------------3-4---5-6-|-6-------------9h10-----------|
E----------------6-----------|------------------------------|
                                  how  much longer


Ab         Fm7          Bbm7      Eb7sus4     Ab
No one can tell me that I'm doing wrong today
    Fm7            Bbm7     Eb7sus4
Whenever I see you smile at me
Ab         Fm7          Bbm7      Eb7sus4     Ab
No one can tell me that I'm doing wrong today
    Fm7             Bbm7            Eb7sus4
Whenever I see your smiling face my way


Ab  Ab/(G)   Fm7     Fm7/(Eb)  Db  Db(C)  Bbm7   Eb7sus4     
No  one can  tell me that      I'm doing  wrong  today


|Ab    Fm7    |Bbm7     Eb7sus4    |


Ab  Ab/(G)   Fm7     Fm7/(Eb)  Db  Db(C)  Bbm7   Eb7sus4     
No  one can  tell me that      I'm doing  wrong  today

|Ab    Fm7    |Bbm7     Eb7sus4    |

|Ab  Ab/(G)  Fm7   Fm7/(Eb)  |Db  Db(C)  Bbm7   Eb7sus4   |
|Ab    Fm7    |Bbm7     Eb7sus4    |

|Ab  Ab/(G)  Fm7   Fm7/(Eb)  |Db  Db(C)  Bbm7   Eb7sus4   |
|Ab    Fm7    |Bbm7     Eb7sus4    |

Rep & fade



E/(D#)  = E-chord with optional D# bass note 
C#m7/(B)= C#m7-chord with optional B bass note
A/(G#)  = A-chord with optional G# bass note
Etc.

          EADGBe
G#7/C     x3454x
Bbm7(b5)  x1212x 
Bb7/D     x5676x
Cm7(b5)   x3434x

Transcribed by Gerard Koot (Amsterdam, The Netherlands) – sept 2008
gerardkoot@hotmail.com



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