The final F chord is played by picking each string individually in the strum slowly.
Traditional Southern style.


What makes the moon shine so bright

Mhat maes the somg in the breeze

Andwhat makes my heart

Feel so warm inside

If you are smiling at me
Don't Compare the Future with the Past by The Louvin Brothers
CD:  Love and Wealth--The Lost Recordings of The Louvin Brothers
YouTube:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M6IJpbmEBz8
Music and Lyrics by: Ira and Charlie Louvin
Provided to YouTube by The Redeye Express
Standard Tuning
Key: F

[Chorus]

Keep smiling,k

eep saying,
            
that someday y

         
ou'll be mine
             
Done blame me 

              
for love that 

       
didn't last

I know you hav

e suffered

Your first lov

e wasn't kind
            
But don't comp

              
are the future

          
 with the past


[Verse 1]
            
Why do those f

              
riends have to

 
 lie
            
Why do they te

           
ll you I'm unt

rue
            
Why don't they

      
 step aside

And let us liv

e our lives
            
What do they t

           
ell you to do


[Chorus]

Keep smiling,k

eep saying,
            
that someday y

         
ou'll be mine
            
Done blame me 

              
for love that 

       
didn't last

I know you hav

e suffered
   
Your first lov

e wasn't kind
             
But don't comp

             
are the future

          
 with the past


[Verse 2]

What makes me 

smile

And happy to s

ee another day
            
I now wonder w

              
hy, I always w

       
ant to cry
            
When you are g

     
oing away



[Chorus]

Keep smiling,k

eep saying,
            
that someday y

         
ou'll be mine
            
Done blame me 

              
for love that 

       
didn't last

I know you hav

e suffered
   
Your first lov

e wasn't kind
             
But don't comp

             
are the future

              
 with the past