Longfellow Serenade Chords by Neil Diamond

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[N] When I was a youngster of about 14 or 15, the first hero that I ever had was a fictional character named Cyrano de Bergerac.
And why Cyrano?
Why that great, great classical figure?
For three reasons.
First of all, because he was a misfit.
He had this enormously long schnoz, you know?
A snoze that just went on forever.
That's one thing.
And I was at that age, I was about 14 or 15, and I was kind of an awkward kid, and so Cyrano certainly became someone I could identify with.
The second reason, he was a great swordsman.
There was always a great deal of romance and poetry in swordsmanship.
Which later on, I went on to the school, I started to study saber fencing, and I did that.
And I know I did it because of Cyrano, okay?
And the third reason, the third reason that Cyrano was a poet.
He was a beautiful misfit who was a poet.
And he wrote these beautiful poems to a woman that he loved and who he could never have.
He wrote this poetry to Roxanne, and I always felt for that.
I always ached for Cyrano, because here he was writing this stuff, and she never knew who it was from.
And so about four years ago, I decided to write a song about a man who reads poetry to win and to woo his woman.
_ And that became the saga of the Longfellow Serenade.
We're going to do it for you now.
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_ _ _ Longfellow _ Serenade, _ [A] _ [E] _ _ _ [F#m] _ [E] such were the plans I'd made.
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_ [F#m] [E] For she was a lady and I was a [F#m] dreamer, [E] with only words to trade.
You know [A] that I was born for a night like this, _ _ warmed by a stolen kiss.
For [E] I was lonely, _ _ _ _ and [B] she was lonely. _ _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ Ride, _ come on baby, ride.
_ _ Let me make your [A] _ _ dreams [E] come _ [B] true.
_ _ _ [G#m] I'll [B] sing my [E] song, _ _ let me sing my song.
_ _ Let me make [A] it _ warm [E] _ for _ [B] you.
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[E] I'll weave this web of rhyme upon the summer [A] [F#m] night.
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[B] We'll leave this worldly time on its winged [E] flight. _ _ _ _ _
Then come and as we lay beside this sleepy [A] glade, _ _ there I will [E] sing to you my [B] _ _
Longfellow [E] _ Serenade.
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_ _ _ Longfellow Serenade, _
[A] _ [E] such were the plans I'd made. _
[A] [E] For she was a lady as deep as the [A] river, [E] and through the night we stayed.
And in my [A] way I loved her as none before, _ _ _ loved her with words and more. _
[E] For she was lonely, _ _ _ _ _ [B] and I was lonely. _ _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ Ride, _ come on baby, ride.
_ _ Let me make [A] your _ _ dreams [E] _
come [B] true.
_ _ _ [G#m] [B] I'll sing [E] my song, _ _ let me sing my song.
_ _ Let me make [A] it _ _ [E] warm for _
_ [B] you. _ _ _ _ _
[E] I'll weave this web of rhyme upon the summer [A] night. _ _ _ _ _
[B] We'll leave this worldly time on its winged [E] flight. _ _ _ _ _
Then come and as we lay beside this sleepy [A] _ _ glade, _ there I will [E] sing to you [B] my _ Longfellow [E] _ Serenade.
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_ [E] Weave your web of rhyme upon our summer [A] [F#m] night.
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[B] We'll leave this worldly time on your winged [E] flight. _ _ _ _ _
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