SMILING AT ME WORDS & MUSIC:   Earl P. Reinhalter * = chord has no 3rd         ** = add9 (no 3rd) INTRO: D* - E* - D* - E* F* F* - E* - D* D** - A** Bb** - A** - G G - E - A** D** - A** - Bb** - A** - C** - D** D** A** I. it's the other side of another mountain. Bb6 C I found the passage again. D** A** it's hard, it's hard to go so fast Bb6 C when life, when life is so compressed. D** A** but maybe, maybe when mountains are past Bb6 C and these are plains at last. INSTRUMENTAL: D** - A** - Bb** - C** D** A** II. the fork in the road is full of old signs. Bb6 C bullet hold words are covered with vines. D** A** I follow the road that leads to my girl. Bb6 C hope it won't lead to the end of the world. D** A** beneath the noon sun, my eyelids close. Bb6 C the rest of me falls like dominos. INSTRUMENTAL: D** - A** - Bb** - C** (twice) D** A** III. in the distance I see the sun rise Bb6 C on the shoreline, on the shoreline, D** A** using sticks of light to prod the grey mist. Bb6 C colors spill all over the sky. D** A** I'm not so sure the sun I see Bb6 C is not my lover smiling at me. D** A** BRIDGE A: smiling at me, Bb** C** smiling at me, D** A** smiling at me, Bb** C** smiling at me. D* E* smiling at me, D* E* smiling at me, F* E* D* smiling at me. D* E* smiling at me, D* E* smiling at me, F* E* D* smiling at me. INSTRUMENTAL: D** - A** Bb** - A** - G G - E - A** D** - A** - Bb** - A** - C** - D** D** A** IV. look at her face, look in her eyes. (short verse) Bb6 C a stranger I feel I recognize. D** A** she feels the same way, seems obvious. Bb6 C I ask her her name. "your future," she says. D** A** BRIDGE B: smiling at me, Bb** C** smiling at me, D** A** smiling at me, Bb** C** smiling at me. D* E* smiling at me, D* E* smiling at me, F* E* D* she was smiling at me. D* E* (instrumental) D* E* (instrumental) F* E* D* it seemed like she was smiling at me. /// REPEAT LAST INSTRUMENTAL /// © Copyright 1982 Earl P. Reinhalter.   All Rights Reserved.