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Parting Song (When You Smile-o) - Lead Belly Tabbed by: StoogeKebab with lyric assistance by JohnM Tuning: Standard Information: There are a number of short riffs played in between chord changes and at the start. They are as follows and will be marked with [square brackets] alongside the chords: Riff 1: e|------------| B|------------| G|------------| D|------------| A|-4-3-2------| E|------------| Riff 2: e|------------| B|------------| G|------------| D|------------| A|-0-1-2------| E|------------| Riff 3: e|------------| B|------------| G|------------| D|------------| A|------------| E|-0-2-4------| The song begins with a monologue played over chords and maintains an alternating bass line of (string): 6, Chord, 5, Chord Each chord is usually played 4 times per line A [1] E7 A (instrumental)
A“Now this is a children’s play song. AAfter they done picked cotton all day AAnd their mothers and fathers gonna take ‘em home AThey gon’ separate now ANow they gon’ make a ring in the yard AAnd walk around AAnd they gon’ sing this song ABidding each other goodbye”
AI’ve come to say goodbye AJust one more parting sigh Just one more E7last embrace
E7Although it grieves me Aso E7Honey I’ve got tAo go E7 [2] Come let me kiss your sweet face
E7Oh let me hear you say E7That when I’m far away E7You’ll think of me all the while
E7Stop all your foolish Atears E7Cheer up and dry your Atears E7Come let me see you smile
E7Because when you smile-Ao A [2] This world will smile with you E7But when you cry though E7Then you cry alone
E7So don’t feel griAeving AJust because I’m leE7aving E7Look up a-here honey E7And let me see you smile
[1] E7 [3] A [1] E7 A
E7Oh let me hear you say E7That when I’m far away E7You’ll love me all the while
E7Oh on the darkest day E7One loving smile this way E7That loving heart beguile
E7Try not to yearn in pain E7I’ll soon return again E7Come let me see you smile
E7Because when you smile-Ao A [2] This world will smile with you E7But when you cry though E7Then you cry alone
E7So don’t feel griAeving AJust because I’m leE7aving E7Look up a-here honey E7And let me see you smile
[1] E7 [3] A [1] E7 [3] A
E7Because when you smile-Ao A [2] This world will smile with you E7But when you cry though E7Then you cry alone
E7So don’t feel griAeving AJust because I’m leE7aving E7Look up a-here honey E7And let me see you smile A