Charles Aznavour / Herbert Kretzmer [Intro:] E9 D/E E9 D/E E9 D/E C#m7 F#m7 E7(9)(11) E9 Cº She may be the face I can't forget, F#m7 E trace of pleasure or regret, E7(9)(11) B/A May be my treasure or E7M/G# Bm7(9)/F# E7(13) The price I have to pay A/C# G7(9)(11) She may be the song that summer sings, G7(9)(#11) G#7(13) G#7(b13) May be the chill that autumn brings, F#7(9)(11) C#7(b9) F#7(13) F#7(b13) May be a hundred different things E7(9)(11) B7(b9) E9 D/E E9 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 A/C# G7(9)(11) She may be the mirror of my dream, G7(9)(#11) G#7(13) G#7(b13) E smile reflected in a stream, F#7(9)(11) C#7(b9) F#7(13) F#7(b13) She may not be what she may seem E7(9)(11) B7(b9) E9 D/E C7M Inside her shell G7M She who always seems so happy in a crowd, F7M Whose eyes can be so private and so proud, E7M G#7(#9) C#m7(9) C#m7(9)/B Am7 No one's allowed to see them when they cry G7(9)(11) D7(9) G7M She may be the love that cannot hope to last, C#m7 F#7 B7M F#/A# May come to me from shadows of the past, G#m7 G#m7/F# E7(9)(11) B6(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 A/C# G7(9)(11) Me, I'll take her laughter and her tears G7(9)(#11) C#m7 And make them all my souvenirs E7(13) E7(9)(11) For where she goes I've got to be B6(b9) E9 D/E The meaning of my life is she, Fim: E9 D/E