When The Lady Smiles Chords

KeyC CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays703

When The Lady Smiles by Golden Earring is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C, G, F, Am, D, Dm, Bb and Em. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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C
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  			GOLDEN EARRING: WHEN THE LADY SMILES 


C                                               G			                   C		                    G 
When the lady smiles, you know she drives me wild, her lips are warm and sourceful 
                                  C                                G		               C			       G 
When her fingertips go drawing circles in the night, and the mood is soft and sensual 
C                        G                              C                                     G 
And I love it, yeah, I love it, It's the answer to all my dreams, and ev'rytime we walk feels like 


F					     Am 
The earth is shaking, it doesn’t matter, glass is falling, I hear it shatter 
F					Am 
Maybe it's raining, faster and faster, Shadow dancing 


 nc                              Am                                     G          		              Am                                        D                                         
Together oh-oh, I, I'm betting on the game of love, Ohoh, I, I'm betting that the love is gonna come out 
                      Dm			                       C 
When the walls no longer shout, look at me, I'm feelin' proud 


                      Dm     Am                   Dm                             F		     C                                                 Dm           Am        G 
When the lady smiles she holds me in her hand, as a matter of fact, she can always let me down 
                      Dm     Am             Dm                             F                  C                                Bb                         Am         
When the lady smiles, I can't resist her call, as a matter of fact, I don't resist at all 
                         F                                     G 
'Cause I'm walkin' on clouds, and she is leading me 


C                                                            G			            C	                     	                         G 
My friends tell me, she's the beast inside your paradise, I guess you've heard it all before 
                  C                              G		               C			       G 
A fallen angel that has got you hypnotised, and I'll always need someone 
C                        G                              C                                                                G 
And I love it, yeah, I love it, she's done nothing to mislead me, 'cause ev'rytime we meet it feels like 


F					     Am 
The earth is shaking, it doesn’t matter, glass is falling, I hear it shatter 
F					Am 
Maybe it's raining, faster and faster, Shadow dancing 


nc                              Am                                     G          		              Am                                        D                                         
Together oh-oh, I, I'm betting on the game of love, Ohoh, I, I'm betting that the love is gonna come out 
                      Dm			                       C 
When the walls no longer shout, look at me, I'm feelin' proud 


                      Dm     Am                   Dm                             F		     C                                                 Dm           Am        G 
When the lady smiles she holds me in her hand, as a matter of fact, she can always let me down 
                      Dm     Am             Dm                             F                  C                                Bb                         Am         
When the lady smiles, I can't resist her call, as a matter of fact, I don't resist at all 
                         F                                     G 
'Cause I'm walkin' on clouds, and she is leading me 


F        G         F         G         F         G         C         Em         Am         G          F         G         C         Em         Am         G 
    	

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100 BPM Andante