G                 Am                 C
E|----------------|-----3-3-3------|-------0-0-0-----|-------0-0-0----|
B|----------------|-----3-3-3------|-------1-1-1-----|-------1-1-1----|
G|----------------|-----0-0-0------|-------2-2-2-----|-------0-0-0----|
D|----------------|-----0-0-0------|-------2-2-2-----|-------2-2-2----|
A|----------------|-----x-x-x------|---2-0-----------|-0-2-3----------|
E|--------------0-|-3--------------|-3---------------|----------------|
                  It is the evening      of the        day

           D                 G               Am                 C
E|-------2-2-2----|-2h3---3-3-3----|-------0-0-0-----|-------0-0-0----|
B|-------3-3-3----|-3-----3-3-3----|-------1-1-1-----|-------1-1-1----|
G|-------2-2-2----|-2-----0-0-0----|-------2-2-2-----|-------0-0-0----|
D|---2-0----------|-------0-0-0----|-------2-2-2-----|-------2-2-2----|
A|-3--------------|-------x-x-x----|---2-0-----------|-0-2-3----------|
E|----------------|---0-3----------|-3---------------|----------------|
                    I sit and watch     the children   play

           D                 C               Am                G
E|-------2-2-2----|-------0-0-0----|-------0-0-0-----|------3-3-3-----|
B|-------3-3-3----|-------1-1-1----|-------1-1-1-----|------3-3-3-----|
G|-------2-2-2----|-------0-0-0----|-------2-2-2-----|------0-0-0-----|
D|---2-0----------|-0-----2-2-2----|-------2-2-2-----|------0-0-0-----|
A|-3--------------|---0-3----------|-3-2-0-----------|-0--------------|
E|----------------|----------------|-----------------|---0-3----------|
                   Smiling faces      I can see,           but not

          E                  C                C                D
E|-----0-0-0------|-------0-0-0----|-------0-0-0-----|-------2-3-2----|
B|-----0-0-0------|-------1-1-1----|-------1-1-1-----|-------3-3-3----|
G|-----1-1-1------|-------0-0-0----|-------0-0-0-----|-------2-2-2----|
D|-----2-2-2------|-------2-2-2----|-------2-2-2-----|---2-0----------|
A|-----2-2-2------|-0-2-3----------|-3-2-3-----------|-3--------------|
E|-2-0------------|----------------|-----------------|----------------|
   for me                   I sit and watch             as tears go by

E|---2-2-2--------|---2-2-2---------||
B|---3-3-3--------|---3-3-3---------||
G|---2-2-2--------|---2-2-2--------o||
D|----------------|----------------o||
A|----------------|-----------------||
E|----------------|-----------------||

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

My riches can't buy everything
I want to hear the children sing
All I ever 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
Doin' things I used to do, they think they are new
I sit and watch as tears go by
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