Key: G
Introduction: G7M D7M
G7M D7M G7M D7M
Like some night bird, homeward wingin'. He seeks the sheltered nest
G7M D7M G7M D7M
Like the sailor's lost horizon. He needs some place to rest
A/B G/A
The songs that he's been singin'. No longer make much sense
G6 F#m Em A11
And those strangers' cold perceptions they've killed his confidence.
D7M G7M
Nightingale. She sails away upon a sea of song
D7M G7M
Nightingale. She serenades his lonely, lonely life along
Em Bm Em Bm
When his tired voice is broken, his golden hope is gone
Em Bm A11
She makes a lost soul's simple longing, somehow not so wrong
D7M G7M D7M G7M
Nightingale Nightingale
G7M D7M G7M D7M
He was strong, but he was taken. By the thought of his success
G7M D7M G7M D7M
Those spotlight shadows, how they lured him and took him like all the rest
A/B G/A
But that old dream don't look good now no, it don't seem quite the same
G6 F#m Em A11
He needs to hear a tender word, won't you sing him home again
D7M G7M
Nightingale. She sails away upon a sea of song
D7M G7M
Nightingale. She serenades his lonely, lonely life along
Em Bm Em Bm
When his strength is slowly goin' his pride is all but gone
Em Bm A11
She makes a foolish dreamer listen to one last song
D7M G7M D7M G7M
Nightingale Nightingale
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