Biography:
Michael Franks (born 18 September 1944 in La Jolla, California, USA) is a smooth jazz singer and songwriter from the United States. He has recorded with a variety of well-known artists, such as Patti Austin, Brenda Russell, Art Garfunkel, and David Sanborn. His songs have been recorded by The Manhattan Transfer, Patti Labelle, Carmen McRae, Diana Krall, Shirley Bassey and the Carpenters.
Franks grew up in southern California with his father Gerald
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Michael wrote this one in Eb but I
transposed it down to A so it´s easier to sing.
Irion
SOMETIMES I JUST FORGET TO SMILE (Michael Franks, 1975)
e---------7----|----5----|
B---------8----|----7----|
G---------9----|----7----|
D--0-----10----|----0----|
A--------------|---------|
E--------------|---------|
[Am79/D] [D] 4 times
[F#m7] F# Earth [B7] quakes and my [F#m7] Bug [B7] breaks
[Em7] You need a light to [A7] see through the [D] smog [D]
[F#m7] It´s like D-[B7]-day out on the [F#m7] free [B7] way
[Em7] I´d like to crawl back [A7] under my [D] log [D]
All these [B7] Rolls Royce Hip Roll down the Sunset Strip
just like [E7] Pharaos down the Nile.
[A7] Sometimes I just forget to [Am79/D] smile [D] / [Am79/D] [D]
[F#m7] Dog [B7] bites [F#m7] lost [B7] kites
[Em7] he says Thanks but [A7] he never says [D] Please [D]
[F#m7] We both [B7] shave and we [F#m7] jump [B7] waves
[Em7] He never has much skin [A7] on his [D] knees [D]
You know [B7] he´s got the habit now for Peter Rabbit now,
[E7] and Disney crocodiles.
[A7] Sometimes I just forget to [Am79/D] smile [D] / [Am79/D] [D]
Solo one verse until...
All these [B7] movie stars and all these Jane and Tarzan just to,
[E7] run the three minute mile.
[A7] Sometimes I just forget to [Am79/D] smile [D] / [Am79/D] [D]
transposed it down to A so it´s easier to sing.
Irion
SOMETIMES I JUST FORGET TO SMILE (Michael Franks, 1975)
e---------7----|----5----|
B---------8----|----7----|
G---------9----|----7----|
D--0-----10----|----0----|
A--------------|---------|
E--------------|---------|
[Am79/D] [D] 4 times
[F#m7] F# Earth [B7] quakes and my [F#m7] Bug [B7] breaks
[Em7] You need a light to [A7] see through the [D] smog [D]
[F#m7] It´s like D-[B7]-day out on the [F#m7] free [B7] way
[Em7] I´d like to crawl back [A7] under my [D] log [D]
All these [B7] Rolls Royce Hip Roll down the Sunset Strip
just like [E7] Pharaos down the Nile.
[A7] Sometimes I just forget to [Am79/D] smile [D] / [Am79/D] [D]
[F#m7] Dog [B7] bites [F#m7] lost [B7] kites
[Em7] he says Thanks but [A7] he never says [D] Please [D]
[F#m7] We both [B7] shave and we [F#m7] jump [B7] waves
[Em7] He never has much skin [A7] on his [D] knees [D]
You know [B7] he´s got the habit now for Peter Rabbit now,
[E7] and Disney crocodiles.
[A7] Sometimes I just forget to [Am79/D] smile [D] / [Am79/D] [D]
Solo one verse until...
All these [B7] movie stars and all these Jane and Tarzan just to,
[E7] run the three minute mile.
[A7] Sometimes I just forget to [Am79/D] smile [D] / [Am79/D] [D]
