Parting Song When You Smile-O
Leadbelly
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Key:
E|E|------------------------------ E|---------------------------------- E|---------------|| Parting Song (When You Smile-o) - Lead Belly E|E|------------------------------ E|---------------------------------- E|---------------||Tabbed by: StoogeKebab with lyric assistance by JohnM Tuning: Standard Information: There are a number of short riffs played in between chord changes and at the start. They are as follows and will be marked with [square brackets] alongside the chords:Riff 1: E|------------| B|------------| G|------------| D|------------| A|-4-3-2------| E|------------| Riff 2: E|------------| B|------------| G|------------| D|------------| A|-0-1-2------| E|------------| Riff 3: E|------------| B|------------| G|------------| D|------------| A|------------| E|-0-2-4------|The song begins with a monologue played over chords and maintains an alternating bass line of (string): 6, Chord, 5, Chord Each chord is usually played 4 times per lineA [1] E7 A (instrumental)A “Now this is a children’s play song.A After they done picked cotton all dayA And their mothers and fathers gonna take ‘em homeA They gon’ separate nowA Now they gon’ make a ring in the yardA And walk aroundA And they gon’ sing this songA Bidding each other goodbye”A I’ve come to say goodbyeA Just one more parting sighE7 Just one more last embraceE7 A Although it grieves me soE7 A Honey I’ve got to goContinues after the adE7 [2] Come let me kiss your sweet faceE7 Oh let me hear you sayE7 That when I’m far awayE7 You’ll think of me all the whileE7 A Stop all your foolish tearsE7 A Cheer up and dry your tearsE7 Come let me see you smileE7 A Because when you smile-oA [2] This world will smile with youE7 But when you cry thoughE7 Then you cry aloneE7 A So don’t feel grievingA E7 Just because I’m leavingE7 Look up a-here honeyE7 And let me see you smile[1] E7 [3] A[1] E7 AE7 Oh let me hear you sayE7 That when I’m far awayE7 You’ll love me all the whileE7 Oh on the darkest dayE7 One loving smile this wayE7 That loving heart beguileE7 Try not to yearn in painE7 I’ll soon return againE7 Come let me see you smileE7 A Because when you smile-oA [2] This world will smile with youE7 But when you cry thoughE7 Then you cry aloneE7 A So don’t feel grievingA E7 Just because I’m leavingE7 Look up a-here honeyE7 And let me see you smile[1] E7 [3] A[1] E7 [3] AE7 A Because when you smile-oA [2] This world will smile with youE7 But when you cry thoughE7 Then you cry aloneE7 A So don’t feel grievingA E7 Just because I’m leavingE7 Look up a-here honeyE7 A And let me see you smile