Charles Aznavour / Herbert Kretzmer [Intro:] F#9 E/F# F#9 E/F# F#9 E/F# D#m7 G#m7 E7(9)(11) F#9 Cº She may be the face I can't forget, G#m7 F# trace of pleasure or regret, E7(9)(11) C#/B May be my treasure or F#7M/A# C#m7(9)/G# F#7(13) The price I have to pay B/D# G7(9)(11) She may be the song that summer sings, G7(9)(#11) A#7(13) A#7(b13) May be the chill that autumn brings, F#7(9)(11) D#7(b9) G#7(13) G#7(b13) May be a hundred different things E7(9)(11) C#7(b9) F#9 E/F# F#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 B/D# G7(9)(11) She may be the mirror of my dream, G7(9)(#11) A#7(13) A#7(b13) F# smile reflected in a stream, F#7(9)(11) D#7(b9) G#7(13) G#7(b13) She may not be what she may seem E7(9)(11) C#7(b9) F#9 E/F# D7M Inside her shell A7M She who always seems so happy in a crowd, G7M Whose eyes can be so private and so proud, F#7M A#7(#9) D#m7(9) D#m7(9)/C# Bm7 No one's allowed to see them when they cry G7(9)(11) E7(9) A7M She may be the love that cannot hope to last, D#m7 G#7 C#7M G#/B# May come to me from shadows of the past, A#m7 A#m7/G# E7(9)(11) C#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 B/D# G7(9)(11) Me, I'll take her laughter and her tears G7(9)(#11) D#m7 And make them all my souvenirs F#7(13) E7(9)(11) For where she goes I've got to be C#6(b9) F#9 E/F# The meaning of my life is she, Fim: F#9 E/F#