Key: G
Introduction:
G C
Oft, in the stilly night
G D G
Ere Slumber's chain has bound me
G G7 C
Fond Memory brings the light
G D G
Of other days around me
G
The smiles, the tears
D G
Of boyhood's years
Em C D G
The words of love then spoken
G
The eyes that shone
C G
Now dimm'd and gone
Em C D G
The cheerful hearts now broken
G G7 C
Thus, in the stilly night
G D G
Ere Slumber's chain hath bound me
G G7 C
Sad Memory brings the light
G D G
Of other days around me
Verse: 2
G C
When I remember all
G D G
The friends, so link'd together
G G7 C
I've seen around me fall
G D G
Like leaves in wintry weather
G
I feel like one
D G
Who treads alone
Em C D G
Some banquet-hall deserted
G
Whose lights are fled
D Em
Whose garlands dead
G D G
And all but he departed
G G7 C
Thus, in the stilly night
G D G
Ere Slumber's chain hath bound me
G G7 C
Sad Memory brings the light
G D G
Of other days around me