PARTS: Soprano Alto Tenor Bass All
KEY: bold = first beat of bar ^ = rest Underline = triplet backing vocal = [text]
159 - As Tears Go By
Verse 1
^ It is the evening of the day------
^ I sit and watch the children play----
^ Smiling faces I can see
^ But not for me--
^ I sit and watch as tears go by-----
Verse 2
^ My riches can't buy everythi----ng
^ I want to hear the children si----ng
^ All I hear is the sound
^ Of rain falling on the ground--
^ I sit and watch as tears go by-----
INSTRUMENTAL – whole verse
Verse 3
^ It is the evening of the day------
^ I sit and watch the children play----
^ Doin' things I used to do
^ They think are ne---w
^ I sit and watch as tears go by-----
TAG (hum the first two lines of a verse then resolve the ending)
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Words and music by Mick Jagger, Keith Richards and Andrew Oldham. It was released as a single by Marianne Faithfull in 1964 and peaked at number 9 in the United Kingdom. The Rolling Stones recorded their own version later, releasing the track in late 1965 on the album December's Children (And Everybody's) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/As_Tears_Go_By_(song)