Charles Aznavour / Herbert Kretzmer [Intro:] D#9 C#/D# D#9 C#/D# D#9 C#/D# Cm7 Fm7 E7(9)(11) D#9 Cº She may be the face I can't forget, Fm7 D# trace of pleasure or regret, E7(9)(11) A#/G# May be my treasure or D#7M/F## A#m7(9)/F D#7(13) The price I have to pay G#/B# G7(9)(11) She may be the song that summer sings, G7(9)(#11) G7(13) G7(b13) May be the chill that autumn brings, F#7(9)(11) C7(b9) F7(13) F7(b13) May be a hundred different things E7(9)(11) A#7(b9) D#9 C#/D# D#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 G#/B# G7(9)(11) She may be the mirror of my dream, G7(9)(#11) G7(13) G7(b13) D# smile reflected in a stream, F#7(9)(11) C7(b9) F7(13) F7(b13) She may not be what she may seem E7(9)(11) A#7(b9) D#9 C#/D# B7M Inside her shell F#7M She who always seems so happy in a crowd, E7M Whose eyes can be so private and so proud, D#7M G7(#9) Cm7(9) Cm7(9)/A# G#m7 No one's allowed to see them when they cry G7(9)(11) C#7(9) F#7M She may be the love that cannot hope to last, Cm7 F7 A#7M F/G## May come to me from shadows of the past, Gm7 Gm7/F E7(9)(11) A#6(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#/B# G7(9)(11) Me, I'll take her laughter and her tears G7(9)(#11) Cm7 And make them all my souvenirs D#7(13) E7(9)(11) For where she goes I've got to be A#6(b9) D#9 C#/D# The meaning of my life is she, Fim: D#9 C#/D#