Chords with lyrics
Verse 1:
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Believe me if all those endearing young charms
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Which I gaze on so fondly today
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Were to change by tomorrow, and fleet in my arms
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Like fairy gifts fading away!
A minorAm DmDm FF
Thou wouldst still be ador'd as this moment thou art
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Let thy loveliness fade as it will
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And around the dear ruin each wish of my heart
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Would entwine itself verdantly still!
Interlude:
C majorC G+G C majorC
Verse 2:
C majorC C7C7 FF
It is not while beauty and youth are thine own
C majorC G+G C majorC G7G7
And thy cheeks unprofan'd by a tear
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That the fervour and faith of a love can be known
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To which time will but make thee more dear!
A minorAm DmDm FF
No! the heart that has truly lov'd, never forgets
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But as truly loves on to the close
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As the sun-flower turns on her God when he sets
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The same look which she turn'd when he rose!