Key: A
Introduction: Am C F C Dm Am Dm G Am E F C Dm Em F G
Am C
Here he lies before me,
F C
My friend for many years,
Dm Am
He saved me from the water,
Dm G
Now I'm drowning in my tears,
Am E F C
Grief is but a poor word for everything I feel,
DmEm F G
There can be no greater love,
Am C F C
He was there to guide me through the follies of my age,
Dm Am Dm G
Always there beside me, everything forgave,
Am E F C
Held me as a father, showing me the way,
DmEm F G
There can be no greater love,
Em F
No fear did he have before the storm,
Em F
The fate of others was his only thought,
Bb F
And though it was the way to certain darkness,
Gm A Bm F#m G DE BmEm A Bm F#m G D
To save my life he gave his own,
Em F#m G A
For my life he gave his own,
Em F#m G A D
And these words are writ in stone, where he lies,
A D F#m Bm
"Greater love hath no man than this,
G Em A
That a man lay down his life for his friend,"
A D F#m Bm
"Greater love hath no man than this,
Em A D A D F#m BmEm A
That a man lay down his life for his friend,"
A D F#m Bm
"Greater love hath no man than this,
G A D
That a man lay down his life for his friend."