Traffic - Smiling Phases guitar chord

"Smiling Phases"

(S. Winwood - J. Capaldi - C. Wood)

Intro:

Bb C Eb F

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Ab [N.C.; 1-bar drum fill]

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Verse 1:

Eb[2:/Bb] Ab/Eb

Do yourself a favor

Eb Ab/Eb

Wake up to your mind

Eb Ab/Eb

Life is what you make it

Eb Ab/Eb

You see but still you're blind

F Bb/F F Bb/F

Get yourself together, give before you take

F Bb/F

You'll find out the hard way

F G C B

Soon you're going to break, yeah yeah yeah

Chorus 1:

Bb

Smiling phases, showing traces

Eb

Even when they bust you

Bb

Keep on smiling through and through

Eb Db Cb

You'll be amazed at the gaze on their faces

Abm Bb

As they sentence you

[repeat intro]

Verse 2:

You don't need a lawyer

When you're in a fix

Someone gets the payoff

You're friends are full of tricks

Happiness is something

That you just can't find

Own up to the truth girl

You're living with your mind

Chorus 2:

Sugar daddy brings you flowers

You just hang him up and

Keep him waiting there for hours

And you should see the look on his face

As you slide down the rail

Coda:

Bb C Eb F

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Ab Bb C

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(jam on C to fade)

-- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers