...THE LOVE I SAW IN YOU WAS JUST A MIRAGE... --------------------------------------------- by Smokey Robinson & The Miracles ................................. *Released 1967* Intro: G (*Riff): (G) e|----------------------| B|----------------------| G|----------------------| D|-----0--2--0-------0--| A|--------------0h2-----| E|--3-------------------| (x2) G (*Riff), Am G, Am G Verse 1: G (*Riff) There you were, beautiful; Am G Am G The promise of love was written on your face. G (*Riff) You led me on, with untrue kisses; Am G Am G You held me captive in your false em-brace. Bridge 1: F C Quicker than I could bat an eye, F C Seems you were telling me good-bye. Chorus 1: G C G C Just a minute ago your love was here, G C G C All of a sudden, it seemed to disap-pear. G C G C Sweetness was only heartache's camou-flage; G C G C The love I saw in you was just a mi-rage. Break: e|--------------------| B|--------------------| G|--0-0---------------| D|-------0-0----------| A|------------1-1-----| E|-----------------3--| (x2) Verse 2: G (*Riff) We used to meet in romantic places; Am G Am G You gave the i-llusion that your love was real. G (*Riff) Now all that's left are lipstick traces; Am G Am G From the kisses you only pre-tended to feel. Bridge 2: F C And now our meeting, you a-void, F C And so my world, you have des-troyed. Chorus 2: G C G C Just a minute ago your love was here, G C G C All of a sudden, it seemed to disap-pear. G C G C The way you wrecked my life was like sabo-tage, G C G C The love I saw in you was just a mi-rage. Break: e|--------------------| B|--------------------| G|--0-0---------------| D|-------0-0----------| A|------------1-1-----| E|-----------------3--| (x2) Interlude: (G) e|----------------------| B|----------------------| G|----------------------| D|-----0--2--0-------0--| A|--------------0h2-----| E|--3-------------------| (x3), D C Bridge 3: F C You only filled me with de-spair, F C By showing love that wasn't there. Chorus 3: G C G C Just like the desert shows a thirsty man, G C G C A green o-asis where there's only sand. G C G C You lured me into something I should have dodged, G C G C The love I saw in you was just a mi-rage. Interlude: (G) e|----------------------| B|----------------------| G|----------------------| D|-----0--2--0-------0--| A|--------------0h2-----| E|--3-------------------| (x2) Chorus 4: G C G C Just like the desert shows a thirsty man, G C G C A green o-asis where there's only sand. G C G C You lured me into something I should have dodged, G C G C The love I saw in you was just a mi-rage. (Fade) CHORD DIAGRAMS: --------------- G Am F C EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE 320003 x02210 133211 x32010 Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2007 (clumsyband@hotmail.com)