Intro
F# D#m C# F# D#m C# B
[Verse 1]
F# D#m B F#
The time draws near, my dearest dear
D#m G#m C#
When you and I must part
F# D#m B F#
You cannot know my grief and woe
G#m D#m B
In my poor aching heart
G#m C#
'Tis how I suffer for your sake
D#m C# B C#7
Believe me, love, it's true
F# D#m B F#
I wish that you were staying here
D#m C# B
For I would go with you
[Verse 2]
F# D#m B F#
I wish my breast were made of glass
D#m G#m C#
Wherein you might behold
F# D#m B F#
Upon my heart to the many I's wrote
G#m D#m B
In letters made of gold
G#m C#
In letters made of gold, my love
D#m C# B F# B C#7
Believe me when I say
F# D#m B F#
You are the darling of my heart
D#m C# B
Until my dying day
[Verse 3]
F# D#m B F#
And every day would seem like two
D#m G#m C#
And every hour, like ten
F# D#m B F#
I lay and weep or forsake my sleep
G#m D#m B
'Til I see you again
G#m C#
'Til I see you again, my love
D#m C# B F# B C#7
There is no rest for me
F# D#m B F#
No dreams foretold within my heart
D#m C# F#
Of love, sweet love with thee
[Verse 4]
D#m B F#
And when you're in some foreign land
D#m G#m C#
Well, think of your absent friend
F# D#m B F#
And when the wind blows high and clear
G#m D#m B
G# letter to me send
G#m C#
And when the wind blows high and clear
D#m C# B F# B C#7
Pray send his love to me
F# D#m B F#
That I may know by your handwrite
D#m C# B
Of times I've gone with thee
[Instrumental]
F# D#m B F# D#m B C#
F# D#m B F# G#m D#m B
G#m C# D#m C# B F# B
F# D#m B F# D#m C# F# B
[Verse 5]
F# D#m B F#
The blackest crow that ever flew
D#m G#m C#
Would surely turn to white
F# D#m B F#
If ever I prove false to you
G#m D#m B
Bright day would turn to night
G#m C#
Bright day would turn to night, my love
D#m C# B F# B C#7
The elements would mourn
F# D#m B F#
If ever I prove false to you
D#m C# B
The seas would rage and burn