Charles Aznavour / Herbert Kretzmer [Intro:] A#9 G#/A# A#9 G#/A# A#9 G#/A# Gm7 Cm7 E7(9)(11) A#9 Cº She may be the face I can't forget, Cm7 A# trace of pleasure or regret, E7(9)(11) F/D# May be my treasure or A#7M/C## Fm7(9)/C A#7(13) The price I have to pay D#/F## G7(9)(11) She may be the song that summer sings, G7(9)(#11) D7(13) D7(b13) May be the chill that autumn brings, F#7(9)(11) G7(b9) C7(13) C7(b13) May be a hundred different things E7(9)(11) F7(b9) A#9 G#/A# A#9 Within the measure of a day She may be the beauty or the beast, May be the famine or the feast, May turn each day into a Heaven or a hell D#/F## G7(9)(11) She may be the mirror of my dream, G7(9)(#11) D7(13) D7(b13) A# smile reflected in a stream, F#7(9)(11) G7(b9) C7(13) C7(b13) She may not be what she may seem E7(9)(11) F7(b9) A#9 G#/A# F#7M Inside her shell C#7M She who always seems so happy in a crowd, B7M Whose eyes can be so private and so proud, A#7M D7(#9) Gm7(9) Gm7(9)/F D#m7 No one's allowed to see them when they cry G7(9)(11) G#7(9) C#7M She may be the love that cannot hope to last, Gm7 C7 F7M C/D## May come to me from shadows of the past, Dm7 Dm7/C E7(9)(11) F6(b9) That I remember till the day I die She may be the reason I survive, The why and wherefore I'm alive, The one I'll care for through the Rough and ready years D#/F## G7(9)(11) Me, I'll take her laughter and her tears G7(9)(#11) Gm7 And make them all my souvenirs A#7(13) E7(9)(11) For where she goes I've got to be F6(b9) A#9 G#/A# The meaning of my life is she, Fim: A#9 G#/A#