Key: D
Introduction: D F#m Bm A
D F#m D D7 Em A
Why do you treat me as if I were only a friend
Em A Em A7 D
What have I done that's made you so distant and cold
A D F#m G
Sometimes I wonder if you'll be contented again
A Em A A7 D F#m Bm Bb7
Will you be happy when you are withered and old
verse 2
D# D#7 Fm Bb
I cannot offer you diamonds and mansions so fine
Fm Bb Fm Bb D#
I cannot offer you clothes that your young body craves
Bb D# Fm Gm G#
But if you'll say that you just love me and always be mine
Fm Bb Bb7 D# Gm G# B
Just think of the tears the heartaches and sorrow you'll save
verse 3
E G#m E E7 F#m B
While I am writing this letter I think of the past
F#m B7 A B E
And of the promises that you have broken so free
G#m E E7 A
But to this old world I'll soon say my farewell at last
B B7 F#m B E G#m F#m B E
Cause I will be gone when you read this last letter from me