Biography:
Ray Charles (Ray Charles Robinson, Albany, Georgia, September 23, 1930 - Beverly Hills, California, June 10, 2004), was an American singer-songwriter, musician, arranger, and band leader.
As a rock and roll, rhythm & blues, soul, blues, jazz, country and pop musician he helped to shape the sound of rhythm & blues.
He brought a soulful sound to everything from country music ("I Can't Stop Loving You") to rock and roll ("Mess Around"), to pop standards to a now-iconic rendition of "America the Beautiful.
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Other songs:
- Baby Its Cold Outside
- Busted
- Crying Time
- Georgia On My Mind
- Hit The Road Jack
- I Can't Stop Loving You
- I Got A Woman
- If You Go Away
- Lonely Avenue
- Mess Around
- Unchain My Heart
- You Don't Know Me
- Aint That Love
- Am I Blue
- America The Beautiful
- Baby Dont You Cry
- Born To Lose
- Bulldog Bite Hunker Down Hairy Dawg
- Careless Love
- Carry Me Back To Old Virginny
- Come Back Baby
- Come Live With Me
- Come Rain Or Come Shine
- Do I Ever Cross Your Mind
- Dont Put All Your Dreams In One Basket
- Drown In My Own Tears
- Ellie My Love
- Funny But I Still Love You
- Good Love Gone Bad
- Hallelujah I Love Her So
- Hard Times No One Knows Better Than I
- Here We Go Again
- I Can See Clearly Now
- I Cant Stop Loving You
- I Dont Need No Doctor
- I Got A Woman Part 1
- If I Could
- If I Were You
- If You Were Mine
- Im Going Down To The River
- Just For A Thrill
- Lets Go Get Stoned
- My First Night Alone Without You
- My Heart Cries For You
- No Letter Today
- Rays Blues
- Shake A Tail Feather
- Sinners Prayer
- So Help Me God
- Sunshine
- Take These Chains
- Take These Chains From My Heart
- Tell All The World About You
- Thanks For Bringing Love Around Again
- That Lucky Old Sun
- That Spirit Of Christmas
- The Brightest Smile In Town
- The Jealous Kind
- Three Quarter Time
- Together Again
- Two Old Cats Like Us
- What Id Say
- What Would I Do Without You
- Without Love There Is Nothing
- You Always Miss The Water
- You Dont Know Me
- Your Cheatin Heart
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[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
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Some people cry the blues, I never could
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I had no time for tears, life was too good
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I had the brightest smile in town, oh yeah
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Till you came along, and you turned it upside down
[Verse 2]
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Everything went my way, life was a ball
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But then you came along and changed it all
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You took the brightest smile in town, oh yeah
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Yeah you took it baby, and you turned it upside down
[Verse 3]
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You brought me love, a tender love
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That made my whole world glow
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And then you took it all away
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Just why, I'll never know
[Verse 4]
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I'll soon forget in time, and smile again
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But I can never smile as I did then
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You took the brightest smile in town, oh yeah
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You took it baby, and you turned it upside down
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Baby, yeah baby, you turned it upside down
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F7 Bbm7 Eb7 Ab7
[Verse 1]
Db Ab7 Db Db7
Some people cry the blues, I never could
Gb Gbm Eb7 Gbm7
I had no time for tears, life was too good
Db F7 Bbm7 Db7 Gb Gbm
I had the brightest smile in town, oh yeah
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Till you came along, and you turned it upside down
[Verse 2]
Db Ab7 Db Db7
Everything went my way, life was a ball
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But then you came along and changed it all
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You took the brightest smile in town, oh yeah
F7 Bbm7 Eb7 Ab7 Db Gm7 Am7 Cm C7 Cm
Yeah you took it baby, and you turned it upside down
[Verse 3]
Fm7 C7
You brought me love, a tender love
Fm7 Bb7 Gb7 A7
That made my whole world glow
Ab Fm7 Bbm7 Ebm7
And then you took it all away
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Just why, I'll never know
[Verse 4]
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I'll soon forget in time, and smile again
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But I can never smile as I did then
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You took the brightest smile in town, oh yeah
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You took it baby, and you turned it upside down
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Baby, yeah baby, you turned it upside down
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