hank cochran
Following "A Little Bitty Tear" from the year before, in March 1962 Burl Ives recorded this one, also penned by Hank Cochran. It is similar; pretty close to a copy
It gave name to an album the same year, and the song won the Grammy Award for Best Country & Western Recording at the 5th Annual Grammy Awards in 1963.
Blast these boxes they put songs into. Neither Ives nor Cochran deserve insults. They were not "C&W", they were professional entertainers, folk music based, in the wide world of roots music.
if you see me with a great big smile
at some party where the fun runs wild
if tears start to flow and I fall apart
please don't think you broke my heart
it's just my funny way of laughin'
yes my funny way of laughin'
your leaving didn't bother me
it's just my funny way of laughin'
yes my funny way of laughin'
I'm really happy as can be
if we meet on the street
and a little bitty tear rolls down my cheek
please don't think it's because I'm blue
or that I'm still in love with you
remember the day you left our place
and how the tears rolled down my face
it wasn't because you were leaving me
I was happy because you were pleasing me
For the following CHORD section, fullscreen/horizontal mobile is recommended.
Chords in brackets may be omitted.
D A if you see me with a great big smile A7 D at some party where the fun runs wild D7 G if tears start to flow and I fall apart D A7 D please don't think you broke my heart D D7 G Em7 it's just my funny way of laughin' A7 D Bm yes my funny way of laughin' Em A7sus4 D ...D7 your leaving didn't bother me G Em7 it's just my funny way of laughin' A7 D Bm yes my funny way of laughin' Em A7sus4 D I'm really happy as can be
