Key: C major
Intro 1
C
G
C
Verse 1
G
C
As the night winds kissed her cheek
F
C
And he'd waited long in silence
C
Verse 2
Till at last she murmured sadly
G
C
As she raised her tearful life
F
C
With a look so full of anguish
G
C
That had filled him with surprise
Verse 3
C
G
C
I have promised you my darling
G
C
So that I may tell you all
C
G
C
Drifted are forever past recall
Verse 4
C
G
For they say you love another
F
C
If those cruel words are true
Interlude 1
C
G
C
Verse 5
C
G
Yes, it's true he answered hostly
F
C
To deceive I nearly tended
G
C
When I told you of my love
Verse 6
C
Am
Fare thee well, he added gently
C
Am
C
hands
F
C
Covered in with burning kissed
C
Verse 7
G
C
To relive her from all care
F
C
G
For he knew the way what sorrow was
Far more than she could bear
C
Verse 8
F
C
She was taken home to heaven
G
C
To the mansions of the bless
F
C
Where the sad heart knows no aching
G
C
And the weary are at rest
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