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