Charles Aznavour / Herbert Kretzmer [Intro:] G#9 F#/G# G#9 F#/G# G#9 F#/G# Fm7 A#m7 E7(9)(11) G#9 Cº She may be the face I can't forget, A#m7 G# trace of pleasure or regret, E7(9)(11) D#/C# May be my treasure or G#7M/B# D#m7(9)/A# G#7(13) The price I have to pay C#/E# G7(9)(11) She may be the song that summer sings, G7(9)(#11) C7(13) C7(b13) May be the chill that autumn brings, F#7(9)(11) F7(b9) A#7(13) A#7(b13) May be a hundred different things E7(9)(11) D#7(b9) G#9 F#/G# G#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 C#/E# G7(9)(11) She may be the mirror of my dream, G7(9)(#11) C7(13) C7(b13) G# smile reflected in a stream, F#7(9)(11) F7(b9) A#7(13) A#7(b13) She may not be what she may seem E7(9)(11) D#7(b9) G#9 F#/G# E7M Inside her shell B7M She who always seems so happy in a crowd, A7M Whose eyes can be so private and so proud, G#7M C7(#9) Fm7(9) Fm7(9)/D# C#m7 No one's allowed to see them when they cry G7(9)(11) F#7(9) B7M She may be the love that cannot hope to last, Fm7 A#7 D#7M A#/C## May come to me from shadows of the past, Cm7 Cm7/A# E7(9)(11) D#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 C#/E# G7(9)(11) Me, I'll take her laughter and her tears G7(9)(#11) Fm7 And make them all my souvenirs G#7(13) E7(9)(11) For where she goes I've got to be D#6(b9) G#9 F#/G# The meaning of my life is she, Fim: G#9 F#/G#