...TEARDROPS... by The Proclaimers
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*from 'Sunshine On Leith' (1988)*
Intro:
G C G (x2)
D7 C G, D7
Verse 1:
G
Teardrops;
C G
Running down your face,
G
Teardrops;
C G
Running down your face.
D7 C
Diamonds of water,
G D
And salt from your body,
D7
Coming down to meet my kisses.
Verse 2:
G
Teardrops;
C G
Running down your face,
G
Teardrops;
C G
Running down your face.
D7
Staining,
C G
Your skin and my skin,
D
And be-ginning,
D7
The stories that you can't begin.
D
The way I feel could be despised,
D7
But it's a vision that I prize.
Chorus 1:
G Cm G
Teardrops, tear-drops.
C
I'm not trying to,
G
Make you feel pain,
D7 G
Or joy to make the tears flow.
Cm G
But when they roll una-shamed;
D D7
They move me so.
Bridge 1:
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/p/proclaimers/teardrops_crd.html ]
G C G
Wha, wha wha, wha wha wha wha,
C G
Wha, wha wha, wha wha wha wha.
Cm
Wha, wha wha,
G
Wha wha wha, wha wha wha,
Cm
Wha wha wha,
D7
Wha wha, wha wha wha.
Verse 3:
G
Teardrops;
C G
Running down your face,
G
Teardrops;
C G
Running down your face.
D7 C
Let me, let me brush,
G D
Them with my fingers;
D D7
Comfort you and say it's alright.
D D7
It's so strong, this way I feel,
D D7
Some-times I want to beg or steal you.
Chorus 2:
G Cm G
Teardrops, tear-drops.
C
I'm not trying to,
G
Make you feel pain,
D7 G
Or joy to make the tears flow.
Cm G
But when they roll una-shamed;
D D7
They move me so.
Coda:
G C G
Wha, wha wha, wha wha wha wha,
C G
Wha, wha wha, wha wha wha wha.
Cm
Wha, wha wha,
G
Wha wha wha, wha wha wha,
Cm
Wha wha wha,
D7
Wha wha, wha wha wha.
(Repeat to Fade)
CHORD DIAGRAMS:
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G C D7 D Cm
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
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Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2005
(clumsyband@hotmail.com)
