Smoke Gets In Your Eyes

Cdim Cmaj7

I of course replied:

Am7 Dm7 G7 C

"Something here inside, cannot be denied".

[Break]

C Bbdim Dm7 G+

[Verse 2]

C Dm7

They said, some day you’ll find

G7 C C+ F

all whose love are blind, oh, oh.

Cdim Cmaj7

When your heart’s on fire,

Am7 Dm7 G7 C

You must realize, smoke gets in your eyes.

[Bridge]

C F C D#7

[Chorus]

Ab

So I chaffed them and gaily laughed,

Abmaj7 Bbm7 Am7 Bb7 D#7

to think they could doubt my love.

Ab G7

Yet today, my love has flown away,

C Cmaj7 G7 G+

I am without my love.

[Verse 3]

C Dm7

Now laughing friends deride,

G7 C C+ F

Tears I cannot hide, oh, oh.

Cdim Cmaj7

So I smile and say:

Am7 Dm7

“When a lovely flame dies,

G7 C

Smoke gets in your eyes.

[Finale]

F

…in your eyes

C Fmaj C+

Smoke gets in your eyes

Dm7 Em/G Cmaj7

Smoke gets in your eyes

G7 C C+ F

my true love was true, oh, oh.

C Dm7

They asked how I knew,

[Verse 1]

SMOKE GETS In YOUR EYES

- as played by Platters (Capo on 3rd Fret)