When You Smile Tab by Concrete Blonde #----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------## Subject: TAB: Concrete Blonde-When You Smile Hi folks, Welcome to todays edition of "Conrete Blonde for the practicing musician" This is my interpretation of "When You Smile" off the album "Mexican Moon" so there are no guarantees but it sounds good to me. WHEN YOU SMILE -------------- N.C. I dreamed last night I was born a hundred..... ... 'cos I could lose everything in a minute or two, yeah Ax4 A G A A Its not ????? you can stop the years behind.. The A and G above are played something like this: A G E|----------------| E|----------------| B|----------------| B|----------------| G|----------------| G|----------------| D|-----7-5--------| D|-------5--------| A|---7------------| A|---5------------| E|-5--------------| E|-3---3----------| the A and G repeat over much of the song. chorus: (With Distortion) D5 A5 C5 G5 When you smile, I don't know what to do D5 A5 C5 G5 Cos I could lose everything in a minute or two A5 C5 E5 G5 And it seems like the end of the world A(as in the intro) When you smile.. for those that dont know, D5,A5,C5,etc are just power chords: D5 x577xx A5 577xxx C5 x355xx G5 355xxx E5 022xxx In the chorus Jim sometimes hits the open strings in his trasnsitions from one chord to another,eg: D5 A5 E|--------------------| B|--------------------| G|-7--7---------------| D|-7--7------7--7-----| A|-5--5------7--7-----| E|---------0-5--5-----| ^ | It doesnt look like much but it adds a bit of oomph! Happy playing everyone. Bye for now eric