Strawbs – Ringing Down The Years (Guitar)

                             Am     F
We met when you were still a girl

                  C      Am
In Nineteen Sixty-Eight

                       F          G
You wore a white dress and a hat

                            C
I touched the hand of fate

                         Am            F
Your sweet voice took my breath away

                       C     Am
Your smile lit up your face

                        F               G
You still had both feet on the ground

                 C        Am
But I was out in space

                     G
That certain sadness in your eyes

    F              C       Am
The secret of your smile

                       C
I've carried all these memories

    E7                Am     G
Down many's the weary mile

                 F
And every time I hear your name

   Em                  F       C
My eyes moist up with tears

                  Dm   F
As every word you ever sang

     G                 C      G   C
Comes ringing down the years

                           Am           F
We sat and talked the whole night long

                      C        Am
Of all our rights and wrongs

            F             G
Of mutual acquaintances

         C                Am              F
You were with me when the morning broke

                     C      Am
The birds refused to sing

                         F        G
They knew when they were beaten

                       C       Am
They hid beneath their wings

                     G
That certain sadness in your eyes

    F              C       Am
The secret of your smile

                       C
I've carried all these memories

    E7                Am     G
Down many's the weary mile

                 F
And every time I hear your name

   Em                  F       C
My eyes moist up with tears

                  Dm   F
As every word you ever sang

     G                 C      A7
Comes ringing down the years

Dm7                  Em7
I was in a Cleveland hotel room

          F              C      Dm7
When they telephoned the news

                     Em7            F
I drowned my sorrows all day long

                     G       Am
The Southern Comfort blues

                    Bb               F
The show went on to great applause

                 Ab       C
Choking back the tears

                  Dm   F     G
As every word you ever sang

                      C
Came ringing down the years

                      Am          F
I reached out for the hourglass

                 C      Am
To turn it face about

                            F
But who knows where the time goes

          G                     C
When your time is running out

                     Am           F
I know someday we'll meet again

                      C      Am
I know just what I'll find

                              F
You'll have taught the angels how to sing

  G                    C       Am
Georgia, Georgia on my mind

                     G
That certain sadness in your eyes

    F              C       Am
The secret of your smile

                       C
I've carried all these memories

    E7                Am     G
Down many's the weary mile

                 F
And every time I hear your name

   Em                  F       C
My eyes moist up with tears

                  Dm   F     G
As every word you ever sang

                       C
Comes ringing down the years

               Dm   F     G
Every word you ever sang

                 C
Ringing down the years