...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          C                  G
 Teardrops, running down your face,
G          C                  G
 Teardrops, running down your face.
D7            C         G              D
 Diamonds, of water and salt from your body,
D7
 Coming down to meet my kisses.

Verse 2:

G          C                  G
 Teardrops, running down your face,
G          C                  G
 Teardrops, running down your face.
D7              C           G           D
 Staining, your skin and my skin 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                           G
I'm not trying to make you feel pain,
   D7                    G
Or joy to make the tears flow.
    Cm                 G            D          D7
But when they roll una-shamed; they move me so.

Bridge 1:

G              C           G
 Wha, wha wha, wha wha wha wha,
C                          G
 Wha, wha wha, wha wha wha wha.
Cm            G
 Wha, wha wha, wha wha wha, wha wha wha,
Cm           D7
 Wha wha wha, wha wha, wha wha wha.

Verse 3:

G          C                  G
 Teardrops, running down your face,
G          C                  G
 Teardrops, running down your face.
D7       C            G            D
 Let me, let me brush 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                           G
I'm not trying to make you feel pain,
   D7                    G
Or joy to make the tears flow.
    Cm                 G            D          D7
But when they roll una-shamed; 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            G
 Wha, wha wha, wha wha wha, wha wha wha,
Cm           D7
 Wha wha wha, wha wha, wha wha wha.

(Repeat to Fade)


CHORD DIAGRAMS:
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   G       C       D7      D       Cm

 EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE
 320003  x32010  xx0212  xx0232  x35543


Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2005 (clumsyband@hotmail.com)