Key: D
Introduction:
Fm Cm Ab Fm Cm
Verse
Cm Ab G
Melancholy mood forever haunts me
Cm Ab G
Steals upon me in the night, forever taunts me
Cm Ab G
Oh, what a lonely soul am I, stranded high and dry
Cm Ab G
By a melancholy mood
Verse
Cm Ab G
Gone is every joy and inspiration
Cm Ab G
Tears are all I have to show, no consolation
Cm Ab G
All I can see is grief and gloom, till the crack of doom
Cm Ab G
Oh, melancholy mood
Fm Bb
Deep in the night I search for a trace
Eb
Of a lingering kiss, a warm embrace
Ab
But love is a whimsy, as flimsy as lace
Cm Ab G
And my arms embrace an empty space
Verse
Cm Ab G
Melancholy mood, why must you blind me
Cm Ab G Cm Ab G
Pity me and break the chains, the chains that bind me
Cm Ab G Cm Ab G
Won't you release me, set me free, bring him to me
Cm Ab G
Ah my melancholy mood
Outro