The Rolling Stones

As Tears go By

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As Tears go By

Year: 1990 - Album: Hot Rocks 1964-1971 [DSD Remastered]

Written by Andrew Loog Oldham, Keith Richards, Mick Jagger

	  		I added this transcription, because in this archive I did not find 
a finger style to play the song. I think it's absolutely 
scandalous ;-) to play the song without picking the notes. 
I play this song without any septime chord. It sounds great too. 
Each time I play the song, it sounds a little bit different, because 
I finger with the chords around. It means, that I play all the notes that 
available for the current chord. Sometimes I added a g-note on the e-string 
to the D-chord Dsus4}, sometimes I played the e-note on the E-string instead of the 
e-note on the D-string. Things I ever do is the bridge {Em}-{Em7}-{C} and the 
finger style at the D-chord. This sounds great and if you heard it you won't miss it. 
The finger style at the D-chord supports also the melody. 
The chords in brackets are "only" interim chords, but it gives the song its own character. 
 
Try to find your own style - it is allways the 
better way to play a song in your own style than to make just a (bad) copy of it. 
 
The chords are very simple: G  A  C  D 
 
Here is the stuff: 
The intro is the same as the verse. Play it two times! 
 
Repeat the following part two times (of course with the correct lyrics ;-)) 
 
         It is the        evening of the    da----------- 
 
  G                       A                C 
 
||--------3-------3------|-----------0-----|---------0-----0---| 
||-------------0-----0---|-------3-----3---|-------1---------1-| 
||-----------0----------0|-----3---------3-|-0---0-------------| 
||-----------------------|---3-------------|-----------0-2-----| 
||-----------------------|-0---------------|---3---------------| 
||-0-3-------------------|-----------------|-------------------| 
 
---------y 
 D        Dsus2 D 
 
|--------2---0----2-----|| 
|------3------------3---|| 
|----2----------------2-|| 
|-0----------0---0------|| 
|-----------------------|| 
|-----------------------|| 
 
 
after second repeat switch to the following 
 
 
    smiling faces  I can se-----e      but not for      me 
 C                 D      Dsus4}D     G               Em       Em7 
 
|------------0----|-------2--0---2----|------3---------|----0---------| 
|---------1-----1-|-----3----------3--|----0---0-------|---0----------| 
|------0----------|---2--------------2|--0-------0---0-|--0-----0---0-| 
|-----------------|-0-----------------|------------0---|------2---0---| 
|--3--------------|-------------------|----------------|-2------------| 
|-----------------|-------------------|-3--------------|--------------| 
 
 
  I  sit   and    watch as tears go    by 
 C                                     D      Dsus4 D Dsus4 
 
|---------0-----------------0------0-|-------2---0---2----0---| 
|-------1---1-------------1---1------|-----3----------------3-| 
|-----0-------0---0-----0-------0----|---2--------------------| 
|--------------2------------------2--|-0----------------------| 
|-3-----------------3----------------|------------------------| 
|------------------------------------|------------------------| 
 
 
  G  A  C  D 
 
 
 
G It is the A evening of the C day.  D 
 
G I sit and A watch the children C play.  D 
 
C Smiling faces D I can see, G but not for Em me. 
 
C I sit and watch as tears Em go D by. 
 
 
 
G My riches A can't buy every{C}thing.  D 
 
G I want to A hear the children C sing.  D 
 
C All I hear D is the sound G of rain falling Em on the ground. 
 
C I sit and watch as tears Em go D by. 
 
 
 
  Solo (the same as the intro) 
 
 
 
G It is the A evening of the C day.  D 
 
G I sit and A watch the children C play.  D 
 
C Doing things I D used to do G they think are Em new. 
 
C I sit and watch as tears Em go D by. 
 
 
 
  G  A  C  D 
 
  G  A  C  D 
 
Have fun 
 
Thomas Bernard, Frankfurt/Main 
		  

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