Key: A
Introduction:
Am
We met in the springtime when blossoms unfold
E Am
The pastures were green and the meadows were gold
Am
Our love was in flower as summer grew on
E Am
Her love like the leaves has withered and gone.
Am
The roses have faded there's frost at my door
E Am
The birds in the morning don't sing anymore
Am
The grass in the valley is started to die
E Am
And out in the darkness the whippoorwills cry.
F C
Alone and forsaken by fate and by man
Am
Oh lord if you hear me please hold to my hand
E Am
Oh please understand.
Am
Where has she gone to oh where can she be
E Am
She may have forsaken some other like me
Am
She promised to honor to love and obey
E Am
Each vow was a play thing that she threw away.
Am
The darkness is falling the sky has turned gray
E Am
A hound in the distance is starting to bey
Am
I wonder i wonder what she's thinking of
E Am
Forsaken forgotten without any love.
F C
Alone and forsaken by fate and by man
Am
Oh lord if you hear me please hold to my hand
E Am
Oh please understand.
E Am
Oh please understand.