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{title: When the lady smiles} {artist: Golden Earring} {time: 4/4} {tempo: 131} {key: B} {meta: author Frans-Willem Post, 2026-05-06} {start_of_part: Intro} [B] {end_of_part} {start_of_verse: Verse 1} [B] when the lady smiles, [B/D#] [B/E] [F#]you know it drives me wild [B] her lips are [B/D#]warm [B/E] and re[F#]sourceful when her finger[B]tips, go [B/D#]drawing [B/E] [F#]circles in the night [B] then the mood is [E]soft and [F#]sensual [B] and I love it, [F#] yeah I love it [B] it's the [E]answer to [F#]all my dreams {end_of_verse} {start_of_part: Bridge} every time it feels like the [Esus4]earth is shakin', it doesn't matter a [G#m]glass is fallin', I hear it shatter [Esus4] maybe it's raining, faster and faster, [G#m] shadow dancin' {end_of_part} {start_of_part: Pre-chorus} together oh [G#m]I, I'm a bettin' on the [F#]game of love oh oh oh [G#m]I, I'm bettin' that [C#sus4]love is gonna come [C#]out when the [C#m]walls no longer shout back at [B]me and I'm feelin' proud {end_of_part} {start_of_chorus: Chorus 1} when the [C#m] lady [G#m]smiles she [C#m]holds me in her [EM7]hand as a [B]matter of fact, she could [C#m]always [G#m]let me [F#]down [F#sus4] but when the [C#m] lady [G#m]smiles I [C#m]can't resist her [EM7]call as a [B]matter of fact, I [A]don't resist at [G#m]all 'cos I'm [E]walking on clouds [F#] and she is leadin' the [B]way {end_of_chorus} {start_of_verse: Verse 2} [B] my friends [B/D#]tell me, [B/E]she's the [F#]beast inside your paradise [B] I guess you've [B/D#]heard it [B/E] all be[F#]fore a fallen [B]angel, [B/D#] [B/E]that has [F#]got you hypnotized [B] and that [E]always needs some [F#]more [B] and I love it, [F#] yeah I love it [B] she's done [E]nothin' to mislead [F#]me {end_of_verse} {start_of_part: Bridge} every time it feels like the [Esus4]earth is shakin', it doesn't matter a [G#m]glass is fallin', I hear it shatter [Esus4] maybe it's raining, faster and faster, [G#m] shadow dancin' {end_of_part} {start_of_part: Pre-chorus} together oh [G#m]I, I'm a bettin' on the [F#]game of love oh oh oh [G#m]I, I'm bettin' that [C#sus4]love is gonna come [C#]out when the [C#m]walls no longer shout back at [B]me and I'm feelin' proud {end_of_part} {chorus: Chorus 2} {start_of_part: Outtro} [E] [F#] [E]mmm [F#]mmm aaah... {end_of_part} {start_of_part: Solo} [E] [F#] [B] [F#/A#] [F#] [E] [F#] [E] [F#] {end_of_part} {start_of_part: End, repeat, fade} [B] [F#/A#] [G#m] [F#] [E] [F#] {end_of_part}