As Tears Go By (cover)

Couldn't sing to save my life, but this is a cover of the old Rolling Stones / Marianne Faithfull hit, As Tears Go By. Penned by Jagger and Richards (thought to be their first songwriting effort) it was first recorded by Faithfull in 1964 and it peaked at number 4 on the British charts. It was released in '65 by the Rolling Stones, reaching number 6 in the US. Also recorded by The Primitives, Nancy Sinatra and PP Arnold. One of my favourite Stones songs, but that's not saying much as I like so many of theirs.

These aren't necessarily the right chords, just the ones I used...

G Am C D
It is the evening of the day

G Am C D
I sit and watch the children play

C D
Smiling Faces I can see

G Em
But not for me

C D G
I sit and watch as tears go by

(chords simply repeat)

My riches can't buy everything
I want to hear the children sing
All I hear is the sound
Of rain falling on the ground
I sit and watch as tears go by

It is the evening of the day
I sit and watch the children play
Doing things I used to do
They think are new
I sit and watch as tears go by

Category:

Music

Tags:

• As
• Tears
• Go
• By
• cover
• acoustic
• Folk
• Rock
• Marianne
• Faithfull
• Rolling
• Stones
• Nancy
• Sinatra
• PP
• Arnold
• Primitives

[downforyouisup32]

So far, the best cover.

[gplwgplw]

@downforyouisup32, Thanx for your encouragement, much appreciated!

[benjacobs25]

Great guitar solo... very talented.

[gplwgplw]

Hey Ben, thanx for your support, I really appreciate it!

[DeL1968]

Can you record just the Guitar playing only, as that's the best version acoustic of this song I ever heard, don't get me wrong, your singing is just fine, but I normally like to listen to acoustic and couldn't fine one that I like, unil I hear your version. I just like the way you added so much to this song, makes it more lively overall.

[gplwgplw]

Wow, that's quite a compliment! Thank you. I'll see what I can do. I'm quite busy lately (which is why I haven't posted more in here), so I'm not sure when, but when I do I'll see if there's some way in youtube to send the file to you directly instead of just posting it here. Thanx again for your support, really appreciate it. Pete.

[gplwgplw]

Thanx very much for the comment! Glad you like it.

[gplwgplw]

Thanx for your comment! Glad you like it.

[gplwgplw]

Thank you for commenting - much appreciated. Glad you like my take on this song.