Arranged by Tamara Batty for Alto voice and acoustic guitar.
[Section A]
Am C E
Flow my tears, fall from your springs
Am C E
Exhiled, forever let me mourn.
Am C G E Am C E
Where nights black bird her sad infamy sings,
Am C E Am
There let me live forlorn.
[Section A1]
Am C E
Down vain lights, shine you no more
Am C E
No nights are dark enough for those.
Am C G E Am C E
That in despair their lost fortunes deplore
Am C E Am
Light doth but shame disclose.
[Section B]
C
Never may my woes be relieved
Am Dm
Since pity is fled
Am C G Dm
And tears, and sighs and groans, my weary days
Am C Am E
My weary days, of all joys have deprived.
[Section B1]
C
From the highest spire of contentment
Am Dm
My fortune is thrown
Am C G Dm
And fear, and grief and pain for my deserts
Am C Am E
For my deserts, of all hope since hope is gone.
[Section C]
E Am
Harke! You shadows that in darkness dwell
C E Am
Learn to condemn light
C G E
Happy, happy they that in hell
Am C E Am
Feel not the world's despite.
(Repeat Section C exactly as it is)