Small Faces — Show Me The Way

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6th April 2001, 11.24am

SHOW ME THE WAY by THE SMALL FACES

Written by Steve Marriott and Ronnie Lane

Off the LP 'The Small Faces' (Immediate, 1967)

Chords used:

Capo at first fret:

Bb:  x02220
F:   022100
Am:  466444
Dm:  x46654
Eb:  xx0232

Bb F (x2)

          Bb           F
I've been walking with dawn
       Am             Dm
For my sleep has been torn
       Eb
And my happiness gone

           Bb         F
There's an old man in me
      Am              Dm
Who I caught - do you see?
        Eb
He's as old as the sun

Bb       F         Bb             F       Eb  F
 Want to know just what I've been saying
Bb    F     Bb    F
Ple - ase,  ple - ase
            Bb   F
Show me the way

Am Dm Eb Bb F Am Dm Eb
(instrumental)

Bb       F         Bb             F       Eb  F
 Want to know just what I've been saying
Bb    F    Bb    F               Bb   F
Ple - ase, ple - ase show me the way

Am Dm Eb

        Bb           F
All the truth I have known
         Am            Dm
Has been scattered and thrown
        Eb
I don't know who I am

Bb       F      Bb        F        Eb  F
 Someone else's part I am playing
Bb    F    Bb    F               Bb   F
Ple - ase, ple - ase show me the way