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