B/E           E 
      When I was a boy 
 
      B/E              E 
      all the books I read 
 
         A 
      I followed like a blind man 
 
 
      to heed the words my father said. 
 
 
       
 
             E              B          E 
      Those golden summers faded into night, 
 
       B               E 
      words become a dream, 
 
          A 
      the echoes of my childhood 
 
           B 
      and where the path is winding. 
 
 
       
 
       G 
      May God bless you, 
 
       F                          G 
      keep you safe from all harm. 
 
                             C 
      Oh, may I stand by you always. 
 
       G 
      Time and motion. 
 
       F 
      Hands touch, 
 
                     G             G/F   F   Em/F   Dm/F   C/F   Dm/F 
      lips find a way to heaven on high. 
 
 
 
 
      E    B/E    E    B/E     A/E 
 
 
       
 
       B/E                 E 
      Watch the children play, 
 
      B/E                  E 
      the child becomes a man, 
 
          A 
      and all the tangled webs we weave, 
 
 
      you swear it as we live and breath. 
 
 
 
 
 
          E              B               E 
      We stay together, death until you part. 
 
       B                 E 
      Winner takes the prize. 
 
          A 
      The future's at your finger tips, 
 
       B 
      right before your eyes. 
 
 
       
 
      G 
      No more sorrow (smoke and mirrors). 
 
      F 
      No more nights with no end. (I really learned a lot) 
 
  G               C 
      I see my tomorrows (smoke and mirrors) 
 
 
       
 
 
  Am                       E7 
      And nothing from nothing. 
 
                      Am 
      And ashes to ash  es, they say. 
 
  F                              E7 
      All the more that you reach out 
 
                           F 
      the more that it runs away. 
 
 
       
 
G                   F 
      Smoke and mirrors. 
 
G                   C 
      Smoke and mirrors. 
 
 
       
 
      
 
                          G                             F 
                         (No more goodbyes)            (No   lies) 
      That's all I ever got,              smoke and mirrors. 
 
                                   G                     G/F 
      (you find     your        way there heaven      on high) 
           She show me what she's got,         smoke and mirrors. 
 
 
       
 
      
      F   Em/F    Dm/F    C/F    Dm/F      C/F    D 
 
       
 
 
       G 
      May God bless you, 
 
       F 
      keep you safe from all harm. 
 
    G                F/G 
      I stand by you always. 
 
 
       
 
       G 
      Time and motion (smoke and mirrors) 
 
       F 
      Hands touch,  
 
                               G                        G/F    F   Em/F   Dm/F 
           (that's all I ever got)       (smoke and mirrors) 
      lips find        a    way to heaven       on     high . 
 
 
       
 
      G 
      No more sorrows 
 
 
      (I really learned a lot, smoke and mirrors) 
 
      F                       G 
      No more nights with no end. 
 
 
      (She show me what she's got, smoke and mirrors) 
 
                   G/F   F   Em/F   Dm/F 
      I rise or I fall. 
 
 
       
 
      G 
      No more goodbyes. 
 
 
      (She really makes me hot, smoke and mirrors) 
 
      F                      G 
      No lies, you find a way there, 
 
                G/F 
      heaven on high.