Smokey Robinson – The Love I Saw In You Was Just A Mirage chords

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...THE LOVE I SAW IN YOU WAS JUST A MIRAGE...
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by Smokey Robinson & The Miracles
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*Released 1967*


Intro:

G (*Riff):

(G)e|----------------------|B|----------------------|G|----------------------|D|-----0--2--0-------0--|A|--------------0h2-----|E|--3-------------------| (x2)
G (*Riff), Am G, Am G Verse 1: G (*Riff) There you were, beautiful;
Am G Am GThe promise of love was written on your face.
G (*Riff) You led me on, with untrue kisses;
Am G Am GYou held me captive in your false em-brace.
Bridge 1:
F C Quicker than I could bat an eye,
F C Seems you were telling me good-bye.
Chorus 1:
G C G C Just a minute ago your love was here,
G C G C All of a sudden, it seemed to disap-pear.
G C G C Sweetness was only heartache's camou-flage;
G C G C The love I saw in you was just a mi-rage.
Break:
e|--------------------|B|--------------------|G|--0-0---------------|D|-------0-0----------|A|------------1-1-----|E|-----------------3--| (x2)
Verse 2: G (*Riff) We used to meet in romantic places;
Am G Am GYou gave the i-llusion that your love was real.
G (*Riff) Now all that's left are lipstick traces;
Am G Am GFrom the kisses you only pre-tended to feel.
Bridge 2:
F C And now our meeting, you a-void,
F C And so my world, you have des-troyed.
Chorus 2:
G C G C Just a minute ago your love was here,
G C G C All of a sudden, it seemed to disap-pear.
G C G C The way you wrecked my life was like sabo-tage,
G C G C The love I saw in you was just a mi-rage.
Break:
e|--------------------|B|--------------------|G|--0-0---------------|D|-------0-0----------|A|------------1-1-----|E|-----------------3--| (x2)
Interlude:
(G)e|----------------------|B|----------------------|G|----------------------|D|-----0--2--0-------0--|A|--------------0h2-----|E|--3-------------------| (x3), D C
Bridge 3:
F C You only filled me with de-spair,
F C By showing love that wasn't there.
Chorus 3:
G C G C Just like the desert shows a thirsty man,
G C G C A green o-asis where there's only sand.
G C G C You lured me into something I should have dodged,
G C G C The love I saw in you was just a mi-rage.
Interlude:
(G)e|----------------------|B|----------------------|G|----------------------|D|-----0--2--0-------0--|A|--------------0h2-----|E|--3-------------------| (x2)
Chorus 4:
G C G C Just like the desert shows a thirsty man,
G C G C A green o-asis where there's only sand.
G C G C You lured me into something I should have dodged,
G C G C The love I saw in you was just a mi-rage.
(Fade) CHORD DIAGRAMS: --------------- G Am F C EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE 320003 x02210 133211 x32010 Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2007 (clumsyband@hotmail.com)
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