WHEN IRISH EYES ARE SMILING (COMPLETE)

by CHAUNCY OLCOTT, GEORGE GRAFF Jr; ENERST BALL · posted by badgerhill54

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−: Draw note
b or ': Half-step bend
bb or '': Two half-step bend
bbb or ''': Three half-step bend
(###): Chord — relevant hole numbers in parentheses
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Tab

WHEN IRISH EYES ARE SMILING
LYRICS BY CHAUNCY OLCOTT and GEORGE BALL
MUSIC BY ENERST BALL
PUBLISHED IN 1912

KEY OF C

  5   -5   6  5   -5   6   -6  -7  7   6  -5   5
THERES A TEAR IN YOUR EYE AND I'M WON-DER-ING WHY
 5  -5  6  5    -5   6    7   -6  6
FOR IT NEV-ER SHOULD BE THERE AT ALL.
 5    -5    6   5   -4    4
WITH SUCH POWER IN YOUR SMILE,
 -5 -6   6     5   -4   4
SURE A STONE YOU'D BE-GUILE.
4   -4     5  4 -4   5    6    -6    6
SO THERES NEV-ER A TEAR DROP SHOULD FALL.
 5    -5    6    5   -4    4    5
WHEN YOUR SWEET LILT-ING LAUGH-TERS
 -5   6   -6 6   5
LIKE SOME FAIRY SONG.
 5   -5   6    -6   6  -6   6    5  -4  4
AND YOUR EYES TWIN-KLE AS BRIGHT AS CAN BE.
 5    -5     6    5  -4    4
YOU SHOULD LAUGH ALL THE WHILE
 5  -5   5 6   -6     6
AND ALL OTHER TIMES SMILE
 4  -4   5 6 -6  6 5  -4  4
AND NOW SMILE A SMILE FOR ME


 6   5  5    -4   4   5    6
WHEN I-RISH EYES ARE SMIL-ING,
 5    4    -5 -6  7   -6    6
SURE IT'S LIKE A MORN IN SPRING.
-6 -7   7   7 -7   7   -6    6
IN THE LILT OF I-RISH LAUGH-TER,
 5   -5   6  -4  -4  5    -4
YOU CAN HEAR THE AN-GELS SING.
 6   5  5     -4    4   5  6
WHEN I-RISH HEARTS ARE HAP-PY,
 5   4   -5    -6     7    -6   6
ALL THE WORLD SEEMS BRIGHT AND GAY.
-6   -7  7  -7   -8   7   8 7 6
AND WHEN I-RISH EYES ARE SMILING,
 -5   6    -6 -7  7    -8  -7  7
SURE THEY STE-AL YOUR HEART A-WAY.

 5   -5    6   -6 6  5
FOR YOUR SMILE IS A PART,
-6 -7   7   6   -5    5
OF THE LOVE IN YOUR HEART.
 5  -5   6   -6 6   5    4    -4    5
AND IT MAKES EV-EN SUN-SHINE MORE BRIGHT.
 4   -4   5   6    -6   6
LIKE THE LIN-ETS SWEET SONG,
  5    4  -5  -6   6
CROON-ING THE DAY LONG.
  4    -4    5    6  -6  6   5  -4    4
COMES YOUR LAUGH-TER SO TEN-DER AND LIGHT.
-4   4    5     6   -6  6 
FOR THE SPRING-TIME OF LIFE,
5   4    -4   4  -5  5
IS THE SWEET-EST OF ALL.
 4    -4 5  6 -6  6    5   4  5   6
THERE IS NE'ER A REAL CARE OR RE-GRET.
 5   -5     6     5   -4  4
AND WHILE SPRING-TIME IS OURS,
   5     4   -4 4    5
THROUGH OUT YOUTHS HOURS.
 4  -4   5    -5    5    -4  4
LET US SMILE EACH CHANCE WE GET.

 6   5  5    -4   4   5    6
WHEN I-RISH EYES ARE SMIL-ING
 5    4    -5 -6  7   -6   6
SURE IT'S LIKE A MORN IN SPRING
-6 -7   7   -7 7  -7    -6   6
IN THE LILT OF I-RISH LAUGH-TER
 5  -5   6   -4  -4  5    -4
YOU CAN HEAR THE AN-GELS SING
 6   5  5     -4    4   5  6
WHEN I-RISH HEARTS ARE HAP-PY
 5   4   -5     -6    7    -6   6
ALL THE WORLD SEEMS BRIGHT AND GAY
-6   -7  7  -7   -8   7   8 7 6
AND WHEN I-RISH EYES ARE SMILING
 -5    6  -6  -7  7    -8  -7  7
SURE THEY STE-AL YOUR HEART A-WAY.



















AND NOW SMILE A SMILE FOR ME.

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