Ten Thousand Teardrops Song Lyrics and Chords by Slim Whitman
Ten Thousand Teardrops
Recorded by Slim Whitman
Written by Alex Zanetis
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Ten thousand teardrops one broken
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heart
This is the story since we've been
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apart
Nights I lay restless
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walk through the
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rain
Ten thousand
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prayers I have
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offered in
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vain
Walking walking
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walk through the
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rain
Walking
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walking all in
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This is the story s
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ince we've been a
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part
Ten thousand
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teardrops and
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one broken
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I was a poor boy she wanted
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wealth
Rubies and diamonds she loved nothing
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else
I started gambling to
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buy her a
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ring
Won fifty
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dollars then
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lost
every
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FAQ
Who sang the the song Ten Thousand Teardrops?
- The song Ten Thousand Teardrops was sang by Slim Whitman.
Who is Slim Whitman?
- Ottis Dewey Whitman Jr. (January 20, 1923 - June 19, 2013), professionally known by the stage name Slim Whitman, was an American country music singer-songwriter and guitarist known for his yodeling abilities and his smooth, high, three-octave-range falsetto in a style christened as "countrypolitan". He personally stated that he had sold in excess of 120 million records, although the recorded sales figures give 70 million, during a career that spanned over seven decades, and consisted of a prolific output of over 100 albums and around 500 recorded songs, that not only consisted of country music, but also of contemporary gospel, Broadway show tunes, love songs and standards. In the 1950s, Whitman toured with Elvis Presley as the opening act. In the 1990s and 2000s a new generation was exposed to Whitman through his songs featured in the film Mars Attacks! his famed "Indian Love Call" would kill the invading Martians every time the record was played and his rendition of "I Remember You" was heard in Rob Zombie's House of 1000 Corpses.
