A dia mond neck lace played the pawn, hand in hand some drummed a long en me to a hand some man and ba ton.

A blind class ar is toc cost ra cy back through the op ’ra glass you see, the pit mut and the pen du lum drawn.

Col on (Gm7)nad ed ru ins (F)dom (C7)i (D)no.

Can vas the town and brush the (A)back drop.

Are you (D)sleep ing?

Hung vel vet o ver tak ing me, dim chan hand de lier a wak en me to a song dis solved in the dawn.

The mu sic hall is a cost ly bow, the mu sic all is lost for now to a mut and ed trum pet er swan.

Col on (Gm7)nad ed ru ins (F)dom

(C7)i (D)no.

Can vas the town and brush the (A)back drop.

Are you (D)sleep

ing?

Can vas the town and brush the (A)back

drop.

Are you (D)sleep

ing,

Broth er John?

Dove nest ed towers the hour was, (Eb)strike the street quick sil ’vry moon,

car riage a cross the fog two (Eb)step to lamp light cel lar tune.

The (Dm7)laughs come hard in (C11)auld

(C7)lang

(F)syne.

The (Dm)glass was raised, the fired rose, the (C7)full ness of the wine, the dim last (Bbm)toast (F)ing.

(Dm7)While at port a (C11)dieu

(C7)or

(F)die.

A (Dm7)choke of grief heart hard ened I be (C7)yond be lief, a bro ken man too (F)tough to cry.

(Eb)spring you gave,

I (Dbmaj7)heard the word,

won (Cm)der ful thing,

a (Fm)chil dren’s song.