Dearest Dear chords by Shirley Collins

• Difficulty: Intermediate

♫ Intro:

F#     C#    F#




♫ Verse 1:
F#                               D#m  F#/C
My dearest dear, the time draws near
B              C#
When you and I must part.
F#                           B
And no one knows the inner grief
F#
Of my poor aching heart.
        C#         F#          B    G#7
Just to see how I suffered for your sake.
     B              F#
You are my love so dear.
F#                         D#m  F#/C
I’d rather I could go with you
B               F#
Or you could tarry here.
F#                             D#m   F#/C
I wish your breast was made of glass
B          C#
And in it I'd behold.

♫ Verse 2:
F#                        D#m   F#/C
My name in secret I would write
B                F#
In letters of bright gold.
     C#      F#     B       G#7
Your name in secret I would write
B                F#
Pray believe me when I say.
     F#7                        B
That you're the one that I love best
F#
Until my dying day.


♫ Verse 3:
F#                              D#m    F#/C
And when you're on some distant shore
B               C#
Think on your absent friend.
F#                                  D#m  F#/C
And when the wind blows high and clear
B                F#
A line or two pray send.
     C#      F#         B
And when the wind blows high and clear
F#
Pray to send it love to me.


♫ Outro:
F#                             D#m   F#/C
That I shall know by your hand write
B          C#7      F#
How times have gone with thee.