She (version 2) Chords & Tabs

by Charles Aznavour

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She - Charles Aznavour
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Written by: Charles Aznavour/Herbert Kretzmer
Released in 1974
Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard
A transcription of the studio version (link below). I came across a live
version recently that has a different chord in the first verse: the F over
the word "things" is a D/F# there. Sounds beautiful, too.
There is another ambiguous part in the Middle 8, because the orchestra
leads from the C chord to the D (line 5 of the Middle 8). This melody
includes a short "Ab" turning the C chord into an augmented chord. I included
this very subtle change in square brackets as an option.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=nxaZMreym88
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capo: 1st fret
play: C
key: C#
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CHORDS (alphabetically)
E-A-D-G_B-e
A/C#      x-4-2-2-2-x
Abdim7    4-x-3-4-3-x  | two possibilities for the diminished chord
or Ddim7 x-x-0-1-0-1  | (root Ab or D); choose the voicing you like better
C/E       0-3-2-0-1-0
C/G       3-x-2-0-1-0
D/F#      2-x-0-2-3-x
Db        x-4-3-1-2-1
Eb        x-6-5-3-4-3
Ebdim7    x-x-1-2-1-2
Fadd9  (t)1-3-3-0-1-1
F/C       x-3-3-2-1-1
G/B       x-2-0-0-0-3
Gsus4     3-x-0-0-1-x
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[Intro]
| C C/E | Fadd9 F Gsus4 G |

[Verse 1]
C                           Ebdim7
She may be the face I can't forget
                         F   
A trace of pleasure or regret
                          C               A/C#
May be my treasure or the price I have to pay
Dm                              Abdim7
She may be the song that summer sings
                             C/G   
May be the chill that autumn brings
                           F     
May be a hundred different things
           G               C FGsus4 G
Within the measure of the day.

[Verse 2]
C                            Ebdim7
She may be the beauty or the beast
                         F    
May be the famine or the feast
                           C       A/C#
May turn each day into heaven or a hell
Dm                          Abdim7
She may be the mirror of my dreams
                       C/G   
A smile reflected in a stream
                            D/F#
She may not be what she may seem
  G        C    
Inside her shell

[Middle 8]
Ab                                 Eb   
She who always seems so happy in a crowd
                                    Db   
Whose eyes can be so private and so proud
                            C             
No one's allowed to see them when they cry
Fm             Bb                        Eb 
She may be the love that cannot hope to last
            C       Caug    C      D   
May come to me from shadows of the past
         D7                    G/B
That I remember till the day I die

[Verse 3]
C                          Ebdim7
She may be the reason I survive
                           F   
The why and wherefore I'm alive
                                  C               A/C# 
The one I'll care for through the rough and rainy years
Dm                                Abdim7
Me I'll take her laughter and her tears
                          C/G 
And make them all my souvenirs
                            D/F#
For where she goes I got to be
            G                
The meaning of my life is ...

[Coda]
F    C/E    Dm7      C  
She, she,       mmh, she