D5 Two teardrops were floatin' down the river D5 One teardrop said to the other E5 A5 D5 I'm from the soft blue eyes of a woman in love D5 I'm a tear of joy she couldn't carry D5 She was so happy she just got married E5 G5 D5 I was on her cheek when she wiped me away with her glove E5 F#5 G5 I could tell from the look on her face she didn't need me E5 F#5 G5 A5 So I drifted on down and caught me a ride to the sea D5 The other tear said we've got a connection D5 I'm a tear of sorrow born of rejection E5 A5 D5 I'm from the sad brown eyes of her old flame D5 She told him they would be lifelong companions D5 Left him with questions and not any answers E5 G5 D5 I was on his cheek as he stood there calling her name E5 G5 G5 I could tell he had a lot of my friends for company E5 F#5 G5 A5 So I drifted on down and caught me a ride to the sea Bridge 1 B5 F#5 Oh the ocean's a little bit bigger tonight G5 D5 Two more teardrops somebody cried B5 F#5 G5 - A5 One of them happy and one of them bluer than blue B5 F#5 The tide goes out and the tide comes in G5 D5 And someday they'll be teardrops again B5 F#5 G5 Released in a moment of pleasure or a moment of pain E5 F#5 G5 A5 D5 Then they drift on down and ride to the sea again D5 Last night I sat in the waiting room D5 The nurse walked in and gave me the news E5 A5 D5 It's a baby girl and they're both fine D5 An old man sittin' not 10 feet away D5 Just lost his wife and he said to me E5 G5 D5 You've got a brand new angel and I've lost mine E5 F#5 G5 I guess the good Lord giveth and the good Lord taketh away E5 F#5 G5 A5 And we both wiped a teardrop from our face Bridge 2 B5 F#5 Oh the ocean's a little bit bigger tonight G5 D5 Two more teardrops somebody cried B5 F#5 G5 A5 One of them happy and one of them bluer than blue B5 F#5 The tide goes out and the tide comes in G5 D5 A whole new circle of life begins B5 F#5 G5 Where tears are a part of the pleasure and part of the pain E5 F#5 G5 A5 D5 'Til they drift on down and ride to the sea again D5 Two teardrops floatin' down the river D5 Two teardrops floatin' down the river
