Key: F major
Intro 1
D
Bm
Em
A
D
Verse 1
D
The cold north
wind they call "La Bise"
F#
Is swirling round about my knees,
Bm
Em
A
Trees are crying leaves into the river;
Verse 2
D
I'm huddled in this french cafe
F#
I never thought I'd see the day,
Bm
Em
But winter's here and sum
A
mer's really over,
G
Even the birds have packed
A
up and gone,
D
G
They're flying south with their song,
D
G
And my love, she too has gone,
A
she had to fly,
D
Take care, it's such a lonely sky,
Bm
They'll trap your wings
Em
my love and hold your flight,
A
They'll build a cage
D
and steal your only sky,
Bm
Fly away, fly to me,
Em
fly when the wind is high,
A
I'm sailing beside you in
D
your lonely sky
Interlude 1
Bm
Em
A
D
Verse 3
D
The old cathedral lights are low
F#
She and I we'd often go there
Bm
Em
To admire and sometimes
A
D
kneel in prayer;
Verse 4
F#
Lords and ladies lie in stone,
Hand in hand from long ago,
Bm
Em
And though their hands are cold
A
they'll love forever,
G
A
Even the choir rehearses those songs
D
G
For Christmas is not long,
D
And alone, I sing my song,
G
A
she had to fly,
D
Out there it's such a lonely sky,
Bm
They'll trap your wings my
Em
love and hold your flight,
A
They'll build a cage
D
and steal your only sky,
Bm
D
Fly away, fly to me,
Em
fly when the wind is high,
A
D
I'm sailing beside you in your lonely sky,
Bm
Fly away, fly to me,
Em
and if you need my love,
A
D
I'm sailing beside you in your lonely sky
Bm
Asus4
A
Em
G
I'll come in with the dawn,
Em
A
D
I'm sailing beside you in your lonely sky,
Bm
A
Em
G
On the wings of the morn,
E
A
D
I'm sailing beside you in your lonely sky,
Bm
A
Em
Above the world we'll be fly ing,
A
D
I'm sailing beside you in your lonely sky
Verse 5
Bm
And though their hands
are cold they'll love forever.
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