Bitter The Parting Chords by John Doyle

[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Cm] _ _ _ _
_ _ [Dm] _ [Cm] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [F] _ [Cm] _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ _ _ [Ab] _ [Cm] _ [Bb] _ [Cm] _ _
_ [Gm] _ _ [C] _ _ [Ab] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ [G] _
_ [C] With red rose [F] in [C] summer, [Fm] the leaves [Ab] soft and [Gm] green,
[D] _ [C] You walked without [Gm] speaking, [Dm] [Fm] your [Ab] arm held [G] mine.
And [Ab] a lunder was singing [Eb] as we passed on [Gm] by,
[C] _ Bitter [Ab] _ [Gm] _ departing of [C] lovers _ _ _ [Bb] entwined.
_ [F]
You [C] said [Bb] that you loved me, [Fm] you [Ab] said that [Cm] you'll [C] care,
You told me you'd [G] never go [Ab] and leave [Fm] me [C]
behind.
[F] The [Fm] warmth that I loved [Eb] has [C] altered his [Gm] mind,
[C] And bitter _ [Ab] _ [G] departing of [C] lovers _ _ entwined.
_ _ _ I have [Bb] to leave [Fm] now this [Ab] place I [G] adore,
_ [C] No more can [G] I wander [Ab] the wild glens [G] and [C] shores,
For the tyrants have robbed me of [Eb] house, [C] [G] lands and [Gm] [C] pride.
And it's bitter _
[Ab] _ [G] departing of [C] lovers _ _ _ entwined.
[Gm] _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ [Ab] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
[Fm] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ [Eb] _ [Cm] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ [Bb] _ [C] _
_ [Cm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[F] _ [Cm] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Cm] _ _ _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ [Cm] _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _
[Fm] _ _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _
[C] The dew [Bb] from the morning [Ab] still hung from the [Gm] _ leaves,
[C] The dogs they [Bb] were [G] barking [F] from [Fm] over the [C]
[G] fields.
[Fm] When you _ sighed I cried [Eb] for what [F] we had [Gm] done,
[C] And it's bitter _ [Ab] _ [Gm] departing of the _ [F] wounded in love.
_ [Fm] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] So we kissed [Bb] and we patted, [Fm] and from our I didn't [G]
steer.
[C] I sat by [G] the [D] river [Fm] and watched it flow [G] [C] by,
[Fm] Like time in a bottle [Eb] it weaves and it [Gm] _ glides.
[D] _ [C] Bitter _ [Ab] _
[G] departing of lovers [C] _ _ _
[Bb] entwined.
_ [Fm] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
[Fm] _ [Ab] _ _ [G] _ _ _ [Fm] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ [C] _ _
[Gm] _ _ [D] _ [C] _ _ _ [Ab] _ [G] _
_ [C] _ [G] _ _ [Bb] _ [C] _ _ _
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