Chords for Derek Ryan Sixty Years Ago

_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ [C#m] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ _ _ A blessed _ candle burning, _ _ [A] lights her [E] golden bond.
_ Her beads and book of prayer are [F#m] _
resting in [B] her hand.
_ _ He pulled the [E] chair beside her _ _ [E] to sit with her a while.
_ _ [F#m] She turns [E] her [A] feeble body to give him [B] one [E] last smile.
As [A] he held [B] her [E] wedding finger, _ _ [A] _
[B] softly he [E] did say,
_ [A] I remember [E] when you said I [C#m] do.
_ [F#m] Seems like _ [F#] yesterday [B] when [E] you took my name that morning.
_ _ [A] My heart [B] did [C#m] overflow, _ _ [A] and I still feel [E] the way I [C#m] did _ [E] _
[B] 60 years [E] ago. _ _ _ _
[A] _ [E] With a damp white cloth he soothed her.
_ _ [A] His soulmate, his [E] best friend, _ her suffering now is over.
_ _ [F#m] He knows this is [B] the end. _
_ [E] She said, they're here to take me.
_ _ [A] It's time to say [E] goodbye.
_ [F#m] One last [E] breath, a gentle [A] kiss.
A tear [B] falls from [E] his eye.
As [A] he held [B] her [E] wedding finger, _ _ [A] _ [B] softly he [E] did say,
_ [A] I remember when you [E] said I [C#m] do.
_ [F#m] _ Seems like [B] yesterday when [E] you took my name that morning.
_ _ [A] My heart [B] did [C#m] overflow, _ _ [A] and I still feel [E] the way I [C#m] did _ [B] _ 60 [E] years ago.
As he held [B] her [E] wedding finger, _ _ [A] _ [B] softly [E] he did say,
_ [A] I remember when you [E] said [C#m] I do.
_ [F#m] Seems like [B] yesterday _ when [E] you took my name that morning.
_ [A] My heart [G#] did [C#m] overflow, _ _ [A] and I still feel [E] the way I did _ [B] _ 60 [E] years ago.
I _ [A] still feel [E] the way I did [B] _ 60 _ [E] years ago.
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