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On The Surface

Rosanne Cash
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Chords in this song

Strum
D-DU-UDU
On  the surface everything  seems right
No  one notices the dimness  of the light
For  the world outside our door our smiles  are oh so bright
 On the surface everything's  all right
 We have the grace of actors on the stage
 We orchestrate the moves that complement the play
 But the things that we believe in we just throw them away
 On the surface everything's okay
 We say goodnight and then we close our eyes
 To drift in different worlds far from each other's sight
 Dreaming of yesterday when we held each other tight
 And on the surface everything's all right
What  are you thinking  tonight, I don't know  you (I don't know  you)
My  words disappear  in the night and there's no  one there to notice
 Maybe our lives will never be the same
 But we can face tomorrow if we can just get through today
 I'm holding back the tears while you're pushing me away
 But on the surface everything's okay yeah on the surface everything's okay

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Readable chord sheet for On The Surface by Rosanne Cash

[A]On the surface [D]everything seems right
[A]No one notices the [D]dimness of the light
[A]For the world outside our door our [D]smiles are oh so bright
On the [A]surface [D]everything's all [A]right

We have the grace of actors on the stage
We orchestrate the moves that complement the play
But the things that we believe in we just throw them away
On the surface everything's okay

We say goodnight and then we close our eyes
To drift in different worlds far from each other's sight
Dreaming of yesterday when we held each other tight
And on the surface everything's all right

[C#m]What are you [F#m]thinking tonight, I don't [E]know you (I don't [Esus4]know you)
[C#m]My words disap[F#m]pear in the night and there's [A]no one there to [D]notice

Maybe our lives will never be the same
But we can face tomorrow if we can just get through today
I'm holding back the tears while you're pushing me away
But on the surface everything's okay yeah on the surface everything's okay

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