No Tears

Don't I know it;

(Bb)nobody has to say.

(Eb)I've been lucky;

(Bb)guess I was born that (F)way.

(Eb)I thank my father;

his (Bb)absences made me (F)strong.

(Eb)And I love my mother,

(Bb)but she had troubles with God.

No (Eb)tears

(Bb)for the life that you've led;

you've had angels (Dm7)in your head.

(Cm7)Did you hear them (D7)singing in the end?

(Bb)All the things that you've seen,

all the things that (Dm7)could have been,

well, (Cm7)I've been (D7)ev'rything I want to be.

(Bb)So no (Eb)tears,

no (Cm)tears for me.

(Eb)Yeah, I've bathed in sunshine, but (Bb)cherished the fading (F)light.

(Eb)And I heard my heartbeat falter (Bb)on a winter's (F)night.

(Eb)I loved a woman,

but (Bb)she didn't hear my (F)prayers.

(Eb)So Lord, oh Lord, I'm (F)yours.

No (Eb)tears

(Bb)for the life that you've led;

you've had angels (Dm7)in your head.

(Cm7)Did you hear them (D7)singing in the end?

(Bb)All the things that you've seen,

all the things that (Dm7)could have been,

well, (Cm7)I've been (D7)ev'rything I want to be.

(Gm)So no (Eb)tears,

no (Cm)tears...

(Eb)'cause someone somewhere's going home tonight,

try'ng to understand their sacrifice.

So save your tears for those left behind.

(Bb)For the life that you've led;

(Cm)tears,

(Eb)no (Cm)tears for me.