Charles Aznavour / Herbert Kretzmer [Intro:] C9 A#/C C9 A#/C C9 A#/C Am7 Dm7 E7(9)(11) C9 D#º She may be the face I can't forget, Dm7 A trace of pleasure or regret, E7(9)(11) G/F May be my treasure or C7M/D## Gm7(9)/D C7(13) The price I have to pay F/G## G7(9)(11) She may be the song that summer sings, G7(9)(#11) C#7(13) C#7(b13) May be the chill that autumn brings, F#7(9)(11) F#7(b9) B7(13) B7(b13) May be a hundred different things E7(9)(11) G7(b9) C9 A#/C C9 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 F/G## G7(9)(11) She may be the mirror of my dream, G7(9)(#11) C#7(13) C#7(b13) A smile reflected in a stream, F#7(9)(11) F#7(b9) B7(13) B7(b13) She may not be what she may seem E7(9)(11) G7(b9) C9 A#/C G#7M Inside her shell D#7M She who always seems so happy in a crowd, C#7M Whose eyes can be so private and so proud, C7M E7(#9) Am7(9) Am7(9)/G Fm7 No one's allowed to see them when they cry G7(9)(11) G7(9) C7M She may be the love that cannot hope to last, Am7 D7 G7M D/F# May come to me from shadows of the past, Em7 Em7/D E7(9)(11) G6(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 F/G## G7(9)(11) Me, I'll take her laughter and her tears G7(9)(#11) Am7 And make them all my souvenirs A7(13) E7(9)(11) For where she goes I've got to be G6(b9) C9 A#/C The meaning of my life is she, Fim: C9 A#/C