These Tears – Nik Kershaw (2012) From the album EI8HT.
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The lyrics are copied from the album insert. However, on the recording the lyrics in verse two are different
on two lines (starred below).
* They keep on coming through the night
** And they could be his epitaph
[INTRO]
F Dm Am Cadd9 x4
[VERSE 1]
F G Am Cadd9
See the tears run down her face
F Em F G
Unhappy in her happy place
Am G C Cadd9
And what it is I think I know
F C G
She’s trying hard to let him go
She goes
[CHORUS]
F Dm
These tears are all I have
Am
They’re all I have
Cadd9
To remind me
F Dm
These sweet tears are all I have
Am Cadd9
They’re all I have
F Dm
These tears are all I have
Am
They’re all I have
Cadd9
To remind me
F Dm
These sweet tears are all I have
Am G
They’re all I have
[VERSE 2]
F G Am Cadd9
Falling gently they begin
F Em F G
Soft and salty on her skin
Am G C Cadd9
She keeps them coming through the night*
F C G
If only I could make it right
F G Am Cadd9
But she doesn’t want these tears to stop
F C F G
She’d rather he were there than not
Am G C Cadd9
And they can be his epitaph**
F C G
And if she didn’t cry she’d laugh
She’d laugh
[INSTRUMENTAL]
F, Dm, Am, Cadd9 x4
[CHORUS]
F Dm
These tears are all I have
Am
They’re all I have
C
To remind me
F Dm
These sweet tears are all I have
Am Cadd9
They’re all I have
