B/EE When I was a boy
B/EE all the books I read
A I followed like a blind man
EBE Those golden summers faded into night,
BE words become a dream,
A the echoes of my childhood
B and where the path is winding.
G May God bless you,
FG keep you safe from all harm.
C Oh, may I stand by you always.
G Time and motion.
F Hands touch,
GG/FFEm/FDm/FC/FDm/F lips find a way to heaven on high.
EB/EEB/E A/E
B/EE Watch the children play,
B/EE the child becomes a man,
A and all the tangled webs we weave,
EBE We stay together, death until you part.
BE Winner takes the prize.
A The future's at your finger tips,
B right before your eyes.
G No more sorrow (smoke and mirrors).
F No more nights with no end. (I really learned a lot)
GC I see my tomorrows (smoke and mirrors)
AmE7 And nothing from nothing.
Am And ashes to ash es, they say.
FE7 All the more that you reach out
F the more that it runs away.
GF Smoke and mirrors.
GC Smoke and mirrors.
GF (No more goodbyes) (No lies)
 That's all I ever got, smoke and mirrors. 
GG/F (you find your way there heaven on high)
 She show me what she's got, smoke and mirrors. 
FEm/FDm/FC/FDm/FC/FD
G May God bless you,
F keep you safe from all harm.
GF/G I stand by you always.
G Time and motion (smoke and mirrors)
F Hands touch,
GG/FFEm/FDm/F (that's all I ever got) (smoke and mirrors)
 lips find a way to heaven on high . 
G No more sorrows
FG No more nights with no end.
G/FFEm/FDm/F I rise or I fall.
G No more goodbyes.
FG No lies, you find a way there,
G/F