Mirage
Tommy James and the Shondells

(Richie Cordell)

 Intro:

         (cellos [eighth notes] w/trash organ & harp):

         A        D        E        A
         / / / /  / / / /  / / / /  / / / /

 Verse 1:

         A            D                            E
         I see you standing in the alleys and the hallways (wait a second!)
                 A
         You're gone now
         A          D                                    E
         I run to touch you but you vanish through the doorways
             A
         And oh how
          E
         Hard it is to live without you, I loved everything about you
          G
         Now I know you're really gone, but my imagination
             A
         Is so strong

 Pre-chorus:

                              C#m
         [1: That  2: Then] I see you comin' into view
         A          C#m
           And your face is tellin' me
         F#m                   E
         Oh, yeah, oh, want to be by my side
         F#m                   E
         Oh, yeah, oh, now it finally died      [1: (wait a second!)
                                                 2: (here it comes again!)]

 Chorus:

         A                         D        E
           Mirage, that's all you are to me
         A                     D Bm  E
           Mirage, something I only see

 Verse 2:

         So I keep walking through the alleys and the hallways
         Where are you
         I keep remembering the kissing in the doorways
         The car, too
         How it all comes back to me, the movies every Saturday
         The place we used to go to eat, I want so much to have it
         Like it used to be

 [repeat pre-chorus]

 [repeat chorus]

 2-bar break (backward cymbals)

 Coda [repeat to fade; LP mix omits backing vocals]:

          A         D              E                    A
         Just a mirage, (just a mirage) that's all you are to me
          A         D              E                      A
         Just a mirage, (just a mirage) something that I only see


 -- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers

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