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This Masquerade

George Benson

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Date: 01 Nov 96 23:09:26 EST
From: Thomas McGourty 
Subject: This Masquerade by George Benson

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                           This Masquerade
               as recorded by George Benson on Breezin'

         Notated by Tom McGourty (71062,2472@Compuserve.com)

Fm            FmMaj7             Fm7            Bb
Are we really happy here in this lonely game we play

Fm          C#       G    C
Looking for words to say

Fm                FmMaj7       Fm7      Bb
Searching but not finding understanding anywhere

      C#        C     Fm
We're lost in a masquerade

Em7

Ebm7           G#                C#       Bb
Both afraid to say we're just to far away

Ebm7             G#                C#
>From being close together from the start

   Dm7              G            C
We tried to talk it over but the words got in the way

     Gm     G         C                   F#
Were lost inside this lonely game we play

Fm                FmMaj7          Fm7             Bb
Hearts of weeping disappear every time I see your smile

Fm            C#     G   C
No matter how hard I try

Fm                FmMaj7          Fm7           Bb
To understand the reasons that we carry on this way

      C#        C     Fm
We're lost in a masquerade.