The Proclaimers – Teardrops (Ukulele)

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---------------................... *from 'Sunshine on Leith' (1988)* Intro: F F F (x2), G7 F F, G7 Verse 1:
F          F                  F
 Teardrops, running down your face,

F          F                  F
 Teardrops, running down your face.

G7            F         F              G
 Diamonds, of water and salt from your body,

G7
 Coming down to meet my kisses.
Verse 2:
F          F                  F
 Teardrops, running down your face,

F          F                  F
 Teardrops, running down your face.

G7              F           F           G
 Staining, your skin and my skin and be-ginning,

    G7
The stories that you can't begin.

    G
The way I feel could be despised,

    G7
But it's a vision that I prize.
Chorus 1:
F           Fm   F
 Teardrops, tear-drops.

    F                           F
I'm not trying to make you feel pain,

   G7                    F
Or joy to make the tears flow.

    Fm                 F            G          G7
But when they roll una-shamed; they move me so.
Bridge 1:
F              F           F
 Wha, wha wha, wha wha wha wha,

F                          F
 Wha, wha wha, wha wha wha wha.

Fm            F
 Wha, wha wha, wha wha wha, wha wha wha,

Fm           G7
 Wha wha wha, wha wha, wha wha wha.
Verse 3:
F          F                  F
 Teardrops, running down your face,

F          F                  F
 Teardrops, running down your face.

G7       F            F            G
 Let me, let me brush them with my fingers;

G                G7
 Comfort you and say it's alright.

G                     G7
 It's so strong, this way I feel,

     G               G7
Some-times I want to beg or steal you.
Chorus 2:
F           Fm   F
 Teardrops, tear-drops.

    F                           F
I'm not trying to make you feel pain,

   G7                    F
Or joy to make the tears flow.

    Fm                 F            G          G7
But when they roll una-shamed; they move me so.
Coda:
F              F           F
 Wha, wha wha, wha wha wha wha,

F                          F
 Wha, wha wha, wha wha wha wha.

Fm            F
 Wha, wha wha, wha wha wha, wha wha wha,

Fm           G7
 Wha wha wha, wha wha, wha wha wha.
(Repeat to Fade) CHORD DIAGRAMS: --------------- F F G7 G Fm EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE 320003 x32010 xx0212 xx0232 x35543 Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2005 ([email protected])