Verse
C# C#7 F#
- As I hear the mockin birds, - I re - - member the words,
C# G#7
When you - said that forever you'd love - me,
C# C#7 F#
Now - happiness is gone, - mem - o - - ries linger on,
C# G#7 C#
From the - chains of our - love I set you -free.
[Instrumental]
C# D D#7
[Key change to A]
[Chorus]
G# D#7 G# G#7
- Sweet as the morning, - smile like the - sunshine, -
C# G# D#7
- Ours was a - love no words could - tell,
G# D#7 G# G#7
- I love you, - oh how I - miss you, -
C# D#7 G# G#7
- Won't you come - back, Lily - Dale.
[Verse 2]
[Key change to D]
C# C#7 F#
Since - we have said good bye, - I'm so - blue I could cry,
C# G#7
Happ - i - - ness is a thing called the - past,
C# C#7 F#
- Days without you, - make my - nights oh so blue,
C# G#7 C#
And - always in my - heart, our love will - last.
[Key change to A]
G# C# D D#7
[Outro]
C# D#7 G# C# G#
Tag: Still in A. - Won't you come - back, Lily - Dale.