[Intro]
C G Am F C Am F G
C Am F C Am F G C G C
[Verse]
Am F
We met when you were still a girl
C Am
In Nineteen Sixty-Eight
F G
You wore a white dress and a hat
C
I touched the hand of fate
Am F
Your sweet voice took my breath away
C Am
Your smile lit up your face
F G
You still had both feet on the ground
C Am
But I was out in space
[Chorus]
G
That certain sadness in your eyes
F C Am
The secret of your smile
C
I've carried all these memories
E7 Am G
Down many's the weary mile
F
And every time I hear your name
Em F C
My eyes moist up with tears
Dm F
As every word you ever sang
G C G C
Comes ringing down the years
[Verse]
Am F
We sat and talked the whole night long
C Am
Of all our rights and wrongs
F G
Of mutual acquaintances
We sang each other's song
C Am F
You were with me when the morning broke
C Am
The birds refused to sing
F G
They knew when they were beaten
C Am
They hid beneath their wings
[Chorus]
G
That certain sadness in your eyes
F C Am
The secret of your smile
C
I've carried all these memories
E7 Am G
Down many's the weary mile
F
And every time I hear your name
Em F C
My eyes moist up with tears
Dm F
As every word you ever sang
G C A7
Comes ringing down the years
[Bridge]
Dm7 Em7
I was in a Cleveland hotel room
F C Dm7
When they telephoned the news
Em7 F
I drowned my sorrows all day long
G Am
The Southern Comfort blues
Bb F
The show went on to great applause
Ab C
Choking back the tears
Dm F G
As every word you ever sang
C
Came ringing down the years
[Instrumental]
A7 Dm7 Em7 F C Dm7 Em7 F G Am Bb F Ab
C F G C G C
[Verse]
Am F
I reached out for the hourglass
C Am
To turn it face about
F
But who knows where the time goes
G C
When your time is running out
Am F
I know someday we'll meet again
C Am
I know just what I'll find
F
You'll have taught the angels how to sing
G C Am
Georgia, Georgia on my mind
[Chorus]
G
That certain sadness in your eyes
F C Am
The secret of your smile
C
I've carried all these memories
E7 Am G
Down many's the weary mile
F
And every time I hear your name
Em F C
My eyes moist up with tears
Dm F G
As every word you ever sang
C
Comes ringing down the years
[Outro]
Am G F C Am C E7 Am G F Em7 F C
Dm F G
Every word you ever sang
C
Ringing down the years