Chords for DAVID RUFFIN -"SMILING FACES SOMETIMES" (1974)

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_ _ _ [A] _ _ I chose this particular song _ because the words have a very special message. _ _ _ _
I've heard a lot of songs and I've [F] sang a lot of songs, [G] _ _ _ [A] but none of them really, really
[C] came right out and [D] called a spade a spade. _
[G] _ This [A] song tells it just like it is.
_ _ _ The message is simply that _ [G] [A] it's _ _ just about an impossible task _ to figure out _ _ which of
your friends [Bm] smile is [Am] a mask.
_ [D] _ _
Dig it.
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[D] _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _
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_ _ [Am] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ [Am] _ _ Smiling [Bm] _ _
faces [Am] _ _ _ [D] sometimes _
_ _ [Am] _ _ _ [Bm] pretend _
_ _ [Am] to be your [D] friend.
_ _ [Am] _ _ Smiling [Bm] _ _
faces [Am] _ _ [Bm] show _ no traces [Am] _ _ _ _ [Bm] of the evil [Am] that lurks [Bm] within. _
_ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _
_ [Am] Smiling _ _ _ [D] faces _ _ [Am] sometimes, _ _ [Bm] _
sometimes _ [Am] they don't tell [Bm] the truth.
_ [Am] _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _
_ _ [Am] _ _ Smiling [Bm] faces _ _ [Am] tell lies.
_ [Bm] _
_ _ [Am] Lied, got [Bm] _
proved.
_ [Am] _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _
_ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _
Make [Am] you want to moan sometimes.
[Bm] _ _
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Let me tell [Am] you the truth is [Bm] in the _ eyes.
[Am] _ Of [D] course I know the eyes, they don't lie.
[Am] Somebody say [D] amen. _
_ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ [D] Remember, _ _ [Am] a smile [D] is just a frown.
[Am] _ Turn [D] upside down.
_ [Am] My friend, my friend, [D] _ I wonder can you say it _ again?
[Am] _ _ _ _ [Bm] _
Let me tell you [Am] _ smiling _ [Bm] faces _ _ [Am] _ sometimes _ [D] _ _
_ _ [Am] don't tell the [Bm] _ _
_ [Am] truth.
_ _ _ _ [Bm] _
_ _ [Am] Smiling faces, [Bm] _ _
_ _ [Am] they tell lies.
[Bm] _
Look at me, [Am] did you tell I got proof?
[Bm] _ _
_ _ [Am] Beware, _ _ [D] _ _
better [Am] beware of the _ [D] handshake. _
_ [Am] Hide the snake, [Bm] _ _
_ _ [Am] _ you might get [D] bitten.
I'm telling you [Am] beware.
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Oh [Am] brother beware _ [D] of the pen on the back.
[Am] _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _
Oh it [A] just might blow [D] you back.
_ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _
_ [Am] Jealousy, feel you [Bm] leave.
_ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ [Bm] _
I tell [Am] you, you [Bm] can't see [Am] behind.
_ _ _ [D] Smiling faces, _ [Am] _ _ _ [D] _ _
smiling faces [Am] sometimes, _ [D] I need to see the truth.
[Am] _ They don't tell [D] the truth.
_ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ [Bm] _
Smiling [Am] faces, _ _ [D] _ smiling faces, [Am] they tell lies.
_ _ [Bm] _
_ _ [Am] Oh I [D] got _ proof.
_ [Am] _ _ Smiling [Bm] faces, _
_ _ [Am] _ _ _ [D] _ _
smiling [Am] faces, _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ [Am] _ they tell lies.
[D] Brothers and sisters, _ [Am] _ _ _ [D] your enemy _ _ [Am] won't do you [D] no _ _ harm.
[Am] _ _ _ Cause [D] you know where, [Am] _ it's [D] where they're coming from.
_ [Am] _ _ _ [Bm] Oh don't let the [Am] handshake and the [D] smiles fool you.
_ _ [Am] _ Take it, [Bm] take it, take my [Am] advice.
I'm only [D] trying to fool you.
_ [Am] _ _ Smiling [Bm] faces, _ _ [Am] _ smiling [Bm] faces, _
_ _ [Am] sometimes _ _ [Bm] they _ _ [Am] _ _ don't [Bm] tell the truth.
_ [Am] _ _ Smiling [Bm] faces, _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ [Bm] _
smiling faces, [Am] they tell lies.
_ _ [Bm] _
_ _ [Am] Look at me, [Bm] did you tell I got proof?
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