She Was The World To Me

Am C/B C She came from her palace grand C G She came to my cottage door Am C/B C Her words were few but her looks C G C G C G Will linger for evermore Am C/B C The look in her sad dark eyes C G More tender than words could be. Dm C Am C/B C Oh but I was nothing to her C G C G C G And she was the world to me. G Am C/B C And now in her garden she stands C G All dressed in fine satin and lace Am C/B C My lady so cold and so strange C G C G C G Who finds in her heart no place. Am C/B C And I knew she would be my bride C G With a kiss for a lifetime fee. Dm C Am C/B C Oh but I was nothing to her C G C G C G And she was the world to me. G Am C/B C Now in her palace grand C G On a flower covered bed she lies Am C/B C Her beautiful lids are closed C G C G C G Over her sad dark eyes. Am C/B C And among the mourners who mourn C G Why should I a mourner be. Dm C Am C/B C When I was nothing to her C G C G C G And she was the world to me. G Am C/B C And how will it be with our souls C G When we meet in that spirit land Am C/B C What the human heart never knows C G C G C G Will a spirit understand Am C/B C Or in some celestial form C G Will our sorrows repeated be Dm C Am C/B C Will I still be nothing to her C G C G C G And she was the world to me.. End on G