You (G)fold his hands and smooth his tie, you gen tly lift his chin.

Were you (C)real ly so blind

and un kind to him?

Can’t (Em9)help the itch to touch, to kiss, to hold him once a gain.

Now, to (F6/9)close his eyes, nev er (Am11)o pen (Csus2)them...?

A (G7)shad ow passed, a (Cm)shad ow passed, (Cm6)yearn (G)ing, (C)yearn (G)ing (A7)for the fool

it (Cmaj9)called a home.

(G)All

things

he nev er did are (C)left

be

hind;

all the things his (Em9)ma

ma

wished he’d bear in mind

and (F6/9)all his dad ev er (Am11)hoped he’d (Csus2)know.

(Am11)Oh

The (G)talks you nev er had, the Sat ur days you nev er spent,

all the (C)“grown up” plac es

you nev er went;

and (Em9)all of the cry ing you would n’t un der stand, you just (F6/9)let him cry: “Make a (Am11)man out of (C5)him.”

A (G7)shad ow passed, a (Cm)shad ow passed, (Cm6)yearn (G)ing, (C)yearn (G)ing (A7)for the fool

it (Cmaj9)called a home.

(G)All

things

he ev er wished are (C6/9)left

be

hind;

all the things his (Em11)ma

ma

did to make him mind

and (F6/9)how his dad

had (Am11)hoped he’d (Csus2)grow.

(G)All

things

he ev er lived are (C6/9)left

be

hind;

all the fears that (Em11)ev

er

flick ered through his mind; all the (F6/9)sad ness that

he’d (Am11)come to (Csus2)own.

(Am11)Oh,

(Am11)oh,

(Am11)oh.

A (G7)shad ow passed, a (Cm)shad ow passed, (Cm6)yearn (G)ing, (C)yearn (G)ing (A7)for the fool

it (Cmaj9)called a home.

And it (A7)whis tles through the ghosts

still (Cmaj9)left

be

hind...

It (A7)whis tles through the ghosts

still (Cmaj9)left

be

hind...

it (Em13)whis tles through the ghosts still left be hind...

Oh.