Chords for iFAIRGROUND ATTRACTION Smile in a whisper / Moon on the rain. (BBC Live Session) 1987
Tempo:
106.15 bpm
Chords used:
G
Em
F
Bm
C
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[Bm] [Em]
[Am] [G]
[Bm] [Em]
[Am] [G] Laaah
[Bm] Sky of ink and diamond stars
[Em] Empty streets with just occasional [Bm] cars
Here we lie, in our lullaby
All [Em] those stillness
in [Am] our [Em] room
Words are unable [B] to speak of love
[Bm] Like a [D] smile and a whisper
[Em] All our words are unable [B] to speak of love [Bm] Like a [D] smile and a [G] whisper, does
[Bm] [Em] man
[Am] All [G] of the letters [Bm] in all of the words [Em] In all of the [G] books all over the world
They're nothing but [Bm] sounds and vowels and [G] nouns For talking to strangers that's all
their [Em] words Words are unable [G] to speak of love
[Bm] Like a [F#] smile and a whisper, [G] does [Em] All our words are unable to [A] speak of love
[G] Like a [D] smile and a [G] whisper, [Bm] does [G]
[Bm] [G]
[Am] [G] Orchestra [Bm] of tiny harps
[G] It's like pepper [Am] sprinkled on our [G] hearts We're [Bm] threading a needle with boxing gloves
[Em] When we try and talk [Am] about [Em] love Words are unable [G] to speak of love
Like a [D] smile and a whisper, [Em] does All our words are unable to [B] speak of love
[Bm] Like a smile [D] and a whisper, [G] does [Em] All our words are unable [B] to speak of love
[G] Like a [D] smile and a whisper, [G] does [Em] All our words are unable [B] to speak of love
[Bm] like a [D] smile and a whisper,
[G] [Em] dance
[B] [Bm] [D]
[G] [Em]
[G] like [Bm] [D]
[G] [Em]
[G] [Bm] [D]
[G] [Em]
[G] [A] [G]
a smile and a whisper,
[A] [G] dance
[F] [G] [Em]
[C] [G]
[C] [G] Jazz in the basement [F] by the moon's on the ring
[G] drunk [Em] too [G] much, spent too much
[Em] And it lives again
My [F]
[G] sweetheart, where [Em] are you tonight?
I [G] remember when we [F] used to walk by the Thames
[Em] The lights on [G] the embankment like jewels on [F] chains
I'll never forget what [Em] you said at the start
You said I'll put a string of lights round [G] your heart
[F] I've [C]
[C] [G]
got your [F] photograph, the one that you signed
[G] Tucked in my pocket all [Em] tattered by time
[F]
Oh, sweetheart, [G] who's with you tonight?
Are you there at the roundabout [F] down in the park?
[G] Where you'd sneak through the railings when [Em] it's locked after dark
[F] Is she learning the [C] song you taught me [Em] at the start?
The one the bells and the banjos played [F] on our hearts
[G]
[Em] [G] [F]
[G]
Now the bars are all empty, [F] everybody's gone home
[Em]
[G] Perhaps I'll walk down the [Em] embankment alone
[F]
Oh, sweetheart, [G] I'm glad that we met
And that [F] there's jazz in the basement [G] fires and jewels on chains
[F]
Cause I've drunk too much [G] and spent too much
[E] But there's moon [C] on the [G] range
[F]
[G]
[F]
[G]
[C] [G] [F]
[C] [G]
[C] [G] [C] [F] [G]
[C] [F]
[G]
[C] [F] [C]
[G] [C]
[F]
[G] [Em] La, la, la, la, [C] [G] [F]
[G] la, la, la, la
[F] [C]
[G]
[C] [F]
[G]
[C]
[Am] [G]
[Bm] [Em]
[Am] [G] Laaah
[Bm] Sky of ink and diamond stars
[Em] Empty streets with just occasional [Bm] cars
Here we lie, in our lullaby
All [Em] those stillness
in [Am] our [Em] room
Words are unable [B] to speak of love
[Bm] Like a [D] smile and a whisper
[Em] All our words are unable [B] to speak of love [Bm] Like a [D] smile and a [G] whisper, does
[Bm] [Em] man
[Am] All [G] of the letters [Bm] in all of the words [Em] In all of the [G] books all over the world
They're nothing but [Bm] sounds and vowels and [G] nouns For talking to strangers that's all
their [Em] words Words are unable [G] to speak of love
[Bm] Like a [F#] smile and a whisper, [G] does [Em] All our words are unable to [A] speak of love
[G] Like a [D] smile and a [G] whisper, [Bm] does [G]
[Bm] [G]
[Am] [G] Orchestra [Bm] of tiny harps
[G] It's like pepper [Am] sprinkled on our [G] hearts We're [Bm] threading a needle with boxing gloves
[Em] When we try and talk [Am] about [Em] love Words are unable [G] to speak of love
Like a [D] smile and a whisper, [Em] does All our words are unable to [B] speak of love
[Bm] Like a smile [D] and a whisper, [G] does [Em] All our words are unable [B] to speak of love
[G] Like a [D] smile and a whisper, [G] does [Em] All our words are unable [B] to speak of love
[Bm] like a [D] smile and a whisper,
[G] [Em] dance
[B] [Bm] [D]
[G] [Em]
[G] like [Bm] [D]
[G] [Em]
[G] [Bm] [D]
[G] [Em]
[G] [A] [G]
a smile and a whisper,
[A] [G] dance
[F] [G] [Em]
[C] [G]
[C] [G] Jazz in the basement [F] by the moon's on the ring
[G] drunk [Em] too [G] much, spent too much
[Em] And it lives again
My [F]
[G] sweetheart, where [Em] are you tonight?
I [G] remember when we [F] used to walk by the Thames
[Em] The lights on [G] the embankment like jewels on [F] chains
I'll never forget what [Em] you said at the start
You said I'll put a string of lights round [G] your heart
[F] I've [C]
[C] [G]
got your [F] photograph, the one that you signed
[G] Tucked in my pocket all [Em] tattered by time
[F]
Oh, sweetheart, [G] who's with you tonight?
Are you there at the roundabout [F] down in the park?
[G] Where you'd sneak through the railings when [Em] it's locked after dark
[F] Is she learning the [C] song you taught me [Em] at the start?
The one the bells and the banjos played [F] on our hearts
[G]
[Em] [G] [F]
[G]
Now the bars are all empty, [F] everybody's gone home
[Em]
[G] Perhaps I'll walk down the [Em] embankment alone
[F]
Oh, sweetheart, [G] I'm glad that we met
And that [F] there's jazz in the basement [G] fires and jewels on chains
[F]
Cause I've drunk too much [G] and spent too much
[E] But there's moon [C] on the [G] range
[F]
[G]
[F]
[G]
[C] [G] [F]
[C] [G]
[C] [G] [C] [F] [G]
[C] [F]
[G]
[C] [F] [C]
[G] [C]
[F]
[G] [Em] La, la, la, la, [C] [G] [F]
[G] la, la, la, la
[F] [C]
[G]
[C] [F]
[G]
[C]
Key:
G
Em
F
Bm
C
G
Em
F
[Bm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ [Bm] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ [G] Laaah _
_ [Bm] Sky of ink and diamond stars
[Em] Empty streets with just occasional [Bm] cars
Here we lie, in our _ lullaby
All [Em] those stillness
in [Am] our [Em] room _
_ Words are unable [B] to speak of love
[Bm] Like a [D] smile and a whisper
[Em] _ _ All our words are unable [B] to speak of love [Bm] Like a [D] smile and a [G] whisper, does _
[Bm] _ _ _ _ [Em] man _ _
[Am] All [G] _ _ _ of the letters [Bm] in all of the words [Em] In all of the [G] books all over the world
They're nothing but [Bm] sounds and vowels and [G] nouns For talking to strangers that's all
their [Em] words Words are unable [G] to speak of love
[Bm] Like a [F#] smile and a whisper, [G] _ _ does [Em] All our words are unable to [A] speak of love
[G] Like a [D] smile and a [G] whisper, [Bm] does _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Bm] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Am] _ [G] Orchestra _ _ [Bm] _ of tiny harps
[G] It's like pepper [Am] sprinkled on our [G] _ hearts We're [Bm] threading a needle with boxing gloves
[Em] When we try and talk [Am] about [Em] love _ _ Words are unable [G] to speak of love
Like a [D] smile and a whisper, [Em] _ does All our words are unable to [B] speak of love
[Bm] Like a smile [D] and a whisper, [G] _ _ does [Em] All our words are unable [B] to speak of love
[G] Like a [D] smile and a whisper, [G] _ does _ [Em] _ All our words are unable [B] to speak of love
[Bm] like a [D] smile and a whisper,
[G] _ [Em] dance _ _ _ _ _
[B] _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ [D] _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ like [Bm] _ _ [D] _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ [D] _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
a smile and a whisper, _
_ [A] _ _ _ [G] dance _ _
_ [F] _ [G] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ [G] _ _ _
[C] _ [G] _ _ _ _ Jazz in the basement [F] by the moon's on the ring
[G] drunk [Em] too [G] much, spent too much
[Em] And it lives again
My [F] _
_ [G] sweetheart, where [Em] are you tonight?
I [G] remember when we [F] used to walk by the Thames
[Em] The lights on [G] the embankment like jewels on [F] chains
I'll never forget what [Em] you said at the start
You said I'll put a string of lights round [G] your heart
[F] I've _ [C] _
[C] _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ got your [F] photograph, the one that you signed
[G] Tucked in my pocket all [Em] tattered by time
[F]
Oh, sweetheart, [G] who's with you tonight?
Are you there at the roundabout [F] down in the park?
[G] Where you'd sneak through the railings when [Em] it's locked after dark
[F] Is she learning the [C] song you taught me [Em] at the start?
The one the bells and the banjos played [F] on our hearts
_ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ [Em] _ _ [G] _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ Now _ the bars are all empty, [F] _ everybody's gone home
_ [Em] _
[G] Perhaps I'll walk down the [Em] embankment alone
_ [F]
Oh, sweetheart, [G] I'm glad that we met
And that [F] there's jazz in the basement [G] fires and jewels on chains
[F]
Cause I've drunk too much [G] and spent too much
[E] But there's moon [C] on _ the [G] _ _ range
[F] _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ [F] _ _
_ [C] _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ [C] _ [F] _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ [C] _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ [Em] La, la, la, la, [C] _ _ [G] _ _ [F] _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ la, la, la, la
_ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ [C] _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ [Bm] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ [G] Laaah _
_ [Bm] Sky of ink and diamond stars
[Em] Empty streets with just occasional [Bm] cars
Here we lie, in our _ lullaby
All [Em] those stillness
in [Am] our [Em] room _
_ Words are unable [B] to speak of love
[Bm] Like a [D] smile and a whisper
[Em] _ _ All our words are unable [B] to speak of love [Bm] Like a [D] smile and a [G] whisper, does _
[Bm] _ _ _ _ [Em] man _ _
[Am] All [G] _ _ _ of the letters [Bm] in all of the words [Em] In all of the [G] books all over the world
They're nothing but [Bm] sounds and vowels and [G] nouns For talking to strangers that's all
their [Em] words Words are unable [G] to speak of love
[Bm] Like a [F#] smile and a whisper, [G] _ _ does [Em] All our words are unable to [A] speak of love
[G] Like a [D] smile and a [G] whisper, [Bm] does _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Bm] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Am] _ [G] Orchestra _ _ [Bm] _ of tiny harps
[G] It's like pepper [Am] sprinkled on our [G] _ hearts We're [Bm] threading a needle with boxing gloves
[Em] When we try and talk [Am] about [Em] love _ _ Words are unable [G] to speak of love
Like a [D] smile and a whisper, [Em] _ does All our words are unable to [B] speak of love
[Bm] Like a smile [D] and a whisper, [G] _ _ does [Em] All our words are unable [B] to speak of love
[G] Like a [D] smile and a whisper, [G] _ does _ [Em] _ All our words are unable [B] to speak of love
[Bm] like a [D] smile and a whisper,
[G] _ [Em] dance _ _ _ _ _
[B] _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ [D] _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ like [Bm] _ _ [D] _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ [D] _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
a smile and a whisper, _
_ [A] _ _ _ [G] dance _ _
_ [F] _ [G] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ [G] _ _ _
[C] _ [G] _ _ _ _ Jazz in the basement [F] by the moon's on the ring
[G] drunk [Em] too [G] much, spent too much
[Em] And it lives again
My [F] _
_ [G] sweetheart, where [Em] are you tonight?
I [G] remember when we [F] used to walk by the Thames
[Em] The lights on [G] the embankment like jewels on [F] chains
I'll never forget what [Em] you said at the start
You said I'll put a string of lights round [G] your heart
[F] I've _ [C] _
[C] _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ got your [F] photograph, the one that you signed
[G] Tucked in my pocket all [Em] tattered by time
[F]
Oh, sweetheart, [G] who's with you tonight?
Are you there at the roundabout [F] down in the park?
[G] Where you'd sneak through the railings when [Em] it's locked after dark
[F] Is she learning the [C] song you taught me [Em] at the start?
The one the bells and the banjos played [F] on our hearts
_ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ [Em] _ _ [G] _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ Now _ the bars are all empty, [F] _ everybody's gone home
_ [Em] _
[G] Perhaps I'll walk down the [Em] embankment alone
_ [F]
Oh, sweetheart, [G] I'm glad that we met
And that [F] there's jazz in the basement [G] fires and jewels on chains
[F]
Cause I've drunk too much [G] and spent too much
[E] But there's moon [C] on _ the [G] _ _ range
[F] _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ [F] _ _
_ [C] _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ [C] _ [F] _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ [C] _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ [Em] La, la, la, la, [C] _ _ [G] _ _ [F] _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ la, la, la, la
_ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ [C] _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _