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Smile

Barenaked Ladies

RockMedium for beginners3 chords

How to play it

Fingering diagrams for the shapes in this song. × = don't play, ○ = open string.

E
A×
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Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

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Intro (x2) 
E, A 
E, B, A 
 
verse 1 
     E                 A       E 
When we were young, we got too old 
(E)            B       E 
Never did what we were told 
(E)            A     E 
I can have and I can hold 
(E)                  B      E 
But I can't buy what I just sold 
 
E      A          E         A 
Smile, won't you, won't you smile? 
E       B       A       E 
Haven't seen it for a while 
(E)   A          E         A 
Stay, won't you, won't you stay? 
E    B         A         E 
  I don't mean that that way 
 
verse 2 
We had fun, so time went fast 
You don't hop on; it goes right past 
The water's high; it's overcast 
You're a rotten egg if you're in last 
 
Chorus 
 
Bridge 
E      B               A 
Love, tell me that I'm wrong 
E         B                  A 
And I'll leave you with this song 
E   B              A 
But please do come along 
          B        A      E 
And bring your smile with you 
 
Instrumental (x2) 
E, A 
E, B, A 
 
verse 3 
So raise a glass to all that's good 
To everything that we withstood 
And there'll be walls, but I think we could 
knock 'em down, and for firewood 
 
Chorus (x2) 
I don't mean that that way 
I don't mean that that way 
I don't mean that that way 
          
 

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Chord set

E · A · B

Practice tip

Loop the first two chords slowly until the change is clean, then add the rest.