[Intro]
F G C
[1st verse]
G F C
When the wind from the island is rollin' through the trees
G F C
When a kiss from a prison cell is carried in the breeze
F Em F C
That's when I wonder how sad a man can be
F G7 C F G C
Oh, when will Celia come to me?
[2nd verse]
G F C
I still remember the mountains of the war
G F C
Sierra Madre and the Philipino shore
F Em F C
When will I lie beside my Celia 'neath the trees?
F G7 C F G C
Oh, when will Celia come to me?
[3rd verse]
G F C
So many years were stolen, so many years are gone
G F C
And the vision of my Celia make dreams to dream upon
F Em F C
Each hour is a day filled with memories
F G7 C F G C
Oh, when will Celia come to me?
[4th verse]
G F C
I wake each morning and I watch the sun arise
G F C
Wonder if my Celia sleeps, wonder if she cries
F Em F C
If hate must be my prison lock, love must be the key
F G7 C F G C
Oh, when will Celia come to me?
[5th verse]
G F C
The guns have stopped their firing, you may wander through the hills
G F C
They kept my Celia through the war, they keep her from me still
F Em F C
She waits upon the island now, a prisoner of the sea
F G7 C F G C
Oh, when will Celia come to me?
[6th verse]
G F C
When the wind from the island is rollin' through the trees
G F C
When a kiss from a prison cell is carried in the breeze
F Em F C
That's when I wonder how sad a man can be
F G7 C F G C
Oh, when will Celia come to me?
F G7 C
Oh, when will Celia come to me?