Charles Aznavour / Herbert Kretzmer [Intro:] D9 C/D D9 C/D D9 C/D Bm7 Em7 E7(9)(11) D9 Cº She may be the face I can't forget, Em7 D trace of pleasure or regret, E7(9)(11) A/G May be my treasure or D7M/F# Am7(9)/E D7(13) The price I have to pay G/A## G7(9)(11) She may be the song that summer sings, G7(9)(#11) F#7(13) F#7(b13) May be the chill that autumn brings, F#7(9)(11) B7(b9) E7(13) E7(b13) May be a hundred different things E7(9)(11) A7(b9) D9 C/D D9 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 G/A## G7(9)(11) She may be the mirror of my dream, G7(9)(#11) F#7(13) F#7(b13) D smile reflected in a stream, F#7(9)(11) B7(b9) E7(13) E7(b13) She may not be what she may seem E7(9)(11) A7(b9) D9 C/D A#7M Inside her shell F7M She who always seems so happy in a crowd, D#7M Whose eyes can be so private and so proud, D7M F#7(#9) Bm7(9) Bm7(9)/A Gm7 No one's allowed to see them when they cry G7(9)(11) C7(9) F7M She may be the love that cannot hope to last, Bm7 E7 A7M E/G# May come to me from shadows of the past, F#m7 F#m7/E E7(9)(11) A6(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 G/A## G7(9)(11) Me, I'll take her laughter and her tears G7(9)(#11) Bm7 And make them all my souvenirs D7(13) E7(9)(11) For where she goes I've got to be A6(b9) D9 C/D The meaning of my life is she, Fim: D9 C/D