Em - G - D - C (2x)
Em G
D - C
1. Don't I know it? Nobody has
to say,
Em G D -
C
I've been lucky, guess
I was born that way.
Em G D - C
I thank my father,
his absence has made me strong,
Em - G D
and I love my
mother but she had troubles with
God.
C
No tears.
Am D G C
For the life that you've led
you've had angels in your head,
Am B7
Em - D
- G
did you hear them
singing in the end ?
C D G C
All the things that you've
seen, all the things that could have been,
Am
B7
Em - D - G
well, I've been
everything I want to be.
C
Am
Em
So, no tears, no
tears for me.
+ Em
- G - D - C
Em G D - C
2. Yeah, I've bathed in
sunshine but cherished the fading light,
Em - G D
- C
and I heard my
heartbeat falter on a winter's
night.
Em G
D
- C
I loved a woman but she didn't hear my
prayers,
Em G D C
so Lord, oh, Lord,
I'm yours. No tears.
Am D G C
For the life that you've led
you've had angels in your head,
Am
B7 Em - D - G
did you hear them
singing in the end ?
C D G C
All the things that you've
seen, all the things that could have been,
Am B7 Em - D - Em
well, I've been
everything I want to be.
C Am
So, no tears, no
tears.
C G D
Cause someone somewhere's
going home tonight,
C G
D
trying to
understand the sacrifice.
C
G Am
So save your tears for those left behind.
Am D G C
For the life that you've led
you've had angels in your head,
Am
B7 Em - D - G
did you hear them
singing in the end ?
C D G C
All the things that you've
seen, all the things that could have been,
Am B7 Em
well, I've been
everything I want to be.
C Am
- C Am - Em
So, no tears, no
tears, no tears for me.
(orig. = capo 3rd) (James Blunt)