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Such A Beautiful Smile

from Looking At Life by Jan Hauenstein

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Such A Beautiful Smile Jan Hauenstein

Saw a baby yester(G)day in Agios Niko(D)laos,
Pushed along in a (F)pram by a little (C)lake.
Something caught her (G)eye in Agios Niko(D)laos,
Such a beautiful (F)smile, for heaven´s (C)sake!
Such a beauti(C/B)ful (Am)smile,
And it lasted a long (F)while,
Such total a(C)bandon, such happi(G)ness!
Such a beautiful (Am)face,
So full of (F)grace,
She was letting (C)go,
And I would like to (G)know…

(Bb) Why can the (Am)little ones show
(F) That total a(C)bando(C/B)n,(Am) that wild (F)happiness?
Can (G)anybody guess?
(Bb) Can anybody (Am)say
(F) What we lose along the (C)way
When we lose the (F)smile
(G) Of that happy little (C)child? (hold)

Thinking of an old (G)woman in an old people´s (D)home
With the TV (F)on in her little (C)flat.
She frets away the (G)days in an old people´s (D)home,
How she loves to com(F)plain about this and (C)that.
And those snakes (C/B)of (Am)rain
Always hissing in her (F)brain,
She is only (C)happy when she is (G)not.
And she´s lost in a (Am)maze
Of shapeless, fuzzy (F)days,
Sometimes she´s still (C)grasping
For what she for(G)got.

(Bb) Why can´t the (Am)old woman find
That total a(C)bando(C/B)n,(Am) that wild (F)happiness?
Can (G)anybody guess?
(Bb) Can anybody (Am)say
(F) What she lost along the (C)way,
For she once (F)was
(G) A happy little (C)child. (hold)

Saw a baby yester(G)day in Agios Niko(D)laos,
Pushed along in a (F)pram by a little (C)lake.
Something caught her (G)eye in Agios Niko(D)laos,
Such a beautiful (F)smile, for heaven´s (C)sake! (C/B)(Am) (F) (G) (C)

Chersonissos, Crete, Wednesday, 14 October and Saturday, 17 October 2010

janhauenstein@gmx.de

www.janhauenstein.com

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from Looking At Life, released September 14, 2011

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Jan Hauenstein Göttingen, Germany

More than background music.
You'll hear folk, blues, jazzy songs, rock. Big voice. Albums recommended by Gordon Bok, Harvey Andrews, Jez Lowe and others.
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Why no free uploads? I cover songs. Register them with the German music rights agency GEMA. They hopefully reimburse the artists. The tax authorities demand that I make (not lose) a little money each year... ... more

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