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Scott Joplin
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a Picture Of Her Face


Scott Joplin


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Song : C
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Intro :
F F F F
C Bb C7 F
D7 D Gm Fdim7
F C7 F
F
This life is very sad to me,
C Bb
C7 F
a sorrow fills my heart
Bb C F Dm
My story I will tell to you,
C G7 C
from me my love did part
F
The village church bell sadly tolled,
Bb
Bbm A
the one I loved had died
D7 Gm Fdim7
She was a treasure more than gold
F C7 F
when she was by my side

C Fm C
But now she's gone beyond recall,
F Fm6 C
in a silent tomb she sleeps
F C
The one I love yet best of all
D7 G
has left me here to weep
C Cdim7 C
Though death so ruthless stole my love,
F Fm C
my dear and only Grace
F Fm C A
I've yet a treasure in this world:
D7 G7 C
a picture of her face

Chorus :
F Fdim7 F
It brings joy to me
Bb Bbm F
When oft-times sad at heart
D7 Gm
Her picture I can see
G G7 C
And sad thoughts then depart
F Fdim7 F
Although my love is dead
Bb Bbm F
My only darling Grace
D7 Gm Fdim7
My eyes are oft-times looking on
F C7 F
A picture of her face

Instru :
D D7 Gm Fdim7
F C7 F

F
I'll ne'er forget the days I've passed,
C Bb
C7 F
with Grace so kind and true
Bb C F Dm
She was to me each day more joy
C G7 C
than all the girls I knew
F
My love for her will ne'er grow cold
Bb
Bbm A
though she has passed away
D7 Gm Fdim7
I'll love her still when I am old
F C7 F
e'en to my dying day

C Fm C
But now I must content myself,
F Fm6 C
her memory to love
F C
For Grace the darling of my heart
D7 G
is in the land above
C Cdim7 C
But still to cheer me at my home
F Fm C
an image of dear Grace
F Fm C A
Is all the treasure I now have,
D7 G7 C
a picture of her face

Chorus :
F Fdim7 F
It brings joy to me
Bb Bbm F
When oft-times sad at heart
D7 Gm
Her picture I can see
G G7 C
And sad thoughts then depart
F Fdim7 F
Although my love is dead
Bb Bbm F
My only darling Grace
D7 Gm Fdim7
My eyes are oft-times looking on
F C7 F
A picture of her face.

Outro :
D D7 Gm Fdim7
F C7 F

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