As Tears Go By

Words & Music by:

Mick Jagger

 

C         Dm             F     G7

It is the evening of the day.

C         Dm                 F     G7

I sit and watch the children play.

F             G          C    C/B    Am

Smiling faces I can see, but not for me.

F                           G7

I sit and watch as tears go by.

 

My riches cannot but me everything.

I want to hear the children sing.

Doing things I used to do, thinking of you.

I sit and watch as tears go by.

 

[Instrumental -- first two lines]

All I hear is the sound of rain falling on the ground.

I sit and watch as tears go by.

 

It is the evening of the day.

I sit and watch the children play.

Smiling faces I can see, but not for me.

I sit and watch as tears go by.