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