AE
Whispering wind came, uninvited
F#m7C#m7
Looking for somewhere else to go
DA/C#
Here is a lamp I've left unlighted
Bm7E11E
Aren't you someone I should know
A11D
Memory's flame is soon ignited
A11DA/C#
Lighting my lamp with amber glow
Bm7A
Quietly, friends are reunited
Bm7E11A
Singing a song of long ago,
F#m7C#m7Bm7E11AE/G#F#m7A/EBm7E11A
la, la, la la la la la la la etc
BridgeA11A
Cry, cry for someone
A11A
Who just can't be happy
F#m7A/EDA/C#Bm7E11E
And be glad you can feel enough to cry
Verse 2AE
Younger than always, time descended
F#m7C#m7
Bringing me brand new seeds to sow
DA/C#
Now that they've been a long time planted
Bm7E11E
What must I do to help them grow
A11D
If it had been as I intended
A 11 DA/C#
I wouldn't have the peace I know
Bm7A
Loving the people I've befriended
Bm7E11A
And singing a song of long ago,
F#m7C#m7Bm7E11AE/G#F#m7A/EBm7E11A
la, la, la la la la la la la etc
DA/C#
As it began, so I will end it
Bm7E11E
Singing a song of long ago
DA/C#
Loving the people I've befriended
Bm7E11E7A
And singing a song of long, long, long ago
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