No One Knows
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No One Knows:Every Mother's Son.
#93 on BB Hot 100 on MGM Records
in 1967.
Intro: Ab
#1.
Ab
When I walk through town now, I feel like
Bb
a clown now, having fun.
Ab
But my heart is dying and my soul is crying..
Bb
life is done.
Db Ab Eb
On the surface, I come across like a happy-go-
F# Eb
lucky man.
[Refrão]Ab Db Ab
No one knows how I feel inside..no one knows
Db
all the tears I hide.
Ab Db Bbm
No one knows that the days are dragging me down,
Ab E Eb Ab
down, down..no one knows.
#2.
Ab
Friends keep asking whether we still come together..
Bb
I say yes (I say yes.)
Ab
How I wish that I knew where to look to find you..
Bb
I'd be there (I'd be there.)
Db Ab Eb
All that's grim has become alive..without you, I want
F# Eb
to die, (I want to die.)
[Refrão] Ab Db Ab
No one knows how I feel inside..no one knows
Db
all the tears I hide.
Ab Db Bbm
No one knows that the days are dragging me down,
Ab E Eb Ab
down, down..no one knows.
Bridge:
Bbm Ab Bbm
Someday, someone's bound to see through me..discover
Cm
I'm just a clown.
Bbm Ab Bbm Cm
Believing that you still love me when you're no longer
Db F# Eb
around.
[Refrão] Ab Db Ab
No one knows how I feel inside..no one knows
Db
all the tears I hide.
Ab Db Bbm
No one knows that the days are dragging me down,
Ab E Gm Ab F# Ab
down, down..no one knows.....
OUTRO:
Db Ab Db Ab
How I feel inside..all the tears I hide..
Ab Db Ab Db Ab
How I feel inside..all the tears I hide..(Fade.)
A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.
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