{title: Smilin'}
{artist: Pascale Picard}
{album: Me, myself & us}
{cover: me-myself-us}
{language: english}
{columns: 2}
{capo: 5}
{define: G frets 3 2 0 0 0 3}
{define: D frets X X 0 2 3 2}
{define: Em frets 0 2 2 0 0 0}
{define: C frets X 3 2 0 1 0}


[C]I am not gonna [Am]make it
[C]I can see the crowd a[Am]round me
Is getting [G]bigger and as it is
I'm trying to fi[Dm]gure out
Why [F]I feel [G]so iso[C]lated

[C]I have my [Am]friends
But don't have much time for [C]them
[C]I have my [Am]house
A tiny pocket in my [G]luggage
I have my [Dm]boyfriend
But he's also so [F]tired of listening [G]to me [C]

[C]Every single [Am]day
Seems like a mountain to [C]climb
Every single [Am]word
It takes all my strength to [G]get it out
I'm tired of [Dm]talking about me
But in fact, it's the [F]only thing I get a [G]grip on

[C]I feel [Am]like I'm not gonna make it
[C]I really feel [Am]like I'm not gonna make [G]it
But it [Dm]might be the best thing
That ever happened [F]to me, so [G]now

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  [C]Hey, little girl keep on [Em]smiling
  'Cause they don't want to [Dm]hear you complaining
  You're a [F]lucky girl, your life's [G]so exciting [C]
  So I'll [C]keep on making bad [Em]jokes
  'Cause you think I'm st[Dm]rong
  And it might be the way you like [F]it
  Oh how I [G]need you to like [C]me?
{end_of_chorus}


[C]I have tried as hard as [Am]I can
[C]I have tried to [Am]go through 9 to 5
But I was like a [G]train
Between work and [Dm]bars
Never found out [F]what I was [G]travelling for [C]

[C]Now I have my [Am]car
But I ain't got no safe place to [C]go
[C]I still hold my [Am]drink
But I'm not as [Am]thirsty as be[G]fore
I have my [Dm]voice but I heard lately that people
[F]Don't want to hear sad [G]songs [C]

[C]Every single [Am]place
It's all the same to [C]me
Every single [Am]face
I know it will be re[G]placed
By another smiley [Dm]one
Who will also be left soon [F]somewhere be[G]hind

[C]I feel [Am]like I'm not gonna make it
[C]I really feel [Am]like I'm not gonna make [G]it
But it [Dm]might be the best thing
That ever happened [F]to me, so [G]now


[C]Please now just don't count on [Em]me
I can't handle it any[Dm]more
And don't ask me why
If you don't want me to [C]lie

[C]But don't be a[Em]larmed
Don't you see that I'm just [Dm]down
Just [F]don't worry soon
I'll be [G]back on the tracks

{start_of_chorus}
  [C]Smiling!'Cause I'll get tired of com[Em]plaining
  I'm a [F]lucky girl and I'm [G]doing exactly what I wanted
  So I'll [C]keep on making bad [Em]jokes
  'Cause I need to be [Dm]strong
  It might be my only chance to get out of [F]it
  And now I [G]really need to [C]make it
{end_of_chorus}