Intro:

Dm add 9 (6 fr)         Am7         Dm add 9 (6 fr)          Am7

Dm add 9 (6 fr)        Am7         Dm add 9 (6 fr)          Am7

    Dm add 9 (6 fr)    Am7    Dm add 9 (6 fr)

A per-fect In     -     di-an is he, ________________

                        Am7        Dm add 9 (6 fr)

re-mem-ber-ing him life is sweet, _____________

      F              C/E

like a weep-ing wil-low,

      Dm           Am/C

his face on my pil-low

Dm add 9 (6 fr)    Am7

comes to me still _____ in my dreams.

       Dm add 9 (6 fr)    Am7        Dm add 9 (6 fr)

and there I saw        a young ba-by, ________________

                    Am7              Dm add 9 (6 fr)

a beau-ti-ful daugh-ter was she, _______________

     F              C/E

a face from a paint-ing,

         Dm                   Am/C

red cheeks and teeth ach-ing, _______________

              Dm add 9 (6 fr)         Am7

her eyes like a                wild _____ I-rish sea. ____

        Dm add 9 (6 fr)   Am7          Dm add 9 (6 fr)

on a ta-ble in              her yel-low dress, ________________

                               Am7             Dm add 9 (6 fr)

for a pho-to-graph, feigned hap-pi-ness, _______________

F              C/E

Why in my life

         Dm

is that the on-ly

Am/C               Dm add 9 (6 fr)       Am7              Dm add 9 (6 fr)

time that a-ny ________ of you will ____ smile _______________ at me?

              F  Am/E                Dm         Am/C           Dm                        C                    Dm add 9 (6 fr)

And I'm sail-ing ____ on this ter-ri-ble o-cean, I've come for my-self _____ to re-trieve. ______________

       Dm add 9 (6 fr)    Am7           Dm add 9 (6 fr)         C

Too long have I been ____ feel-ing like          Lir's child-ren,

                 Dm add 9 (6 fr)       Am7         Dm add 9 (6 fr)

and there's on-ly one      way _____ to be free. ______________

Dm add 9 (6 fr)          Am7          Dm add 9 (6 fr)

Am7         Dm add 9 (6 fr)

F         C/E         Dm       Am/C

Dm add 9 (6 fr)         Am7         Dm add 9 (6 fr)

        Dm add 9 (6 fr)     Am7         Dm add 9 (6 fr)

He's shy and he speaks ___ qui-et-ly, ______________

                         Am7            Dm add 9 (6 fr)

he's gen-tle and he seems to me. ________________

  F               C/E          Dm                   Am/C

like the Elf-Ar-row, his face worn and har-rowed.

    Dm add 9 (6 fr)         Am7    Dm add 9 (6 fr)

Is he a da     -     dream-er like me? _______________

       F   Am/C             Dm          Am/C         Dm                         C          Dm add 9 (6 fr)

I'm sail-ing ___ on this ter-ri-ble o-cean I've come for my-self _____ to re-trieve. _______________

Dm add 9 (6 fr)           Am7            Dm add 9 (6 fr)     Csus4

Too long have I been ____ feel-ing like Lir's         child-ren,

                  Dm add 9 (6 fr)     Am7                                    Dm add 9 (6 fr)

and there's on-ly one way ______________ to be free.