My Eyes Adored You

          Bm7                    
My eyes adored you though I never 
                           A7M
laid a hand on you my eyes adored 
you
Like a million miles away from me 
                        Bbdim   Bm7
you couldn't see how I adored you
            Bm7      D A
So close, so close, and yet so far
A              C#m              
Carried your books from school, 
Em                 A7      D
playing make-believe you're married 
to me
Bm7                             
You were fifth grade, I was sixth 
   G
when we came to be
F#m          C#m     Em7     A7
Walking home every day over 
      D
Barnegat Bridge and Bay
      Bm7                         
Till we grew into ' me and you' 
G            E7
weho went our separate ways
          Bm7                    
My eyes adored you though I never 
                           A7M
laid a hand on you my eyes adored 
you
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Like a million miles away from me 
                        Bbdim   Bm7
you couldn't see how I adored you
            Bm7      D A
So close, so close, and yet so far
Bb         Dm               Fm  
Headed for city lights climbed 
         Bb7        Eb
the ladder up to fortune and fame
  Cm               Cm7         
I worked my fingers to the bone, 
   Ab      F7
made myself a name
Gm          Dm           Fm
Funny, I seem to find, that no 
                  Bb7    Eb
matter how the years unwind
       Cm                          
Still I reminisce about the girl I 
            Ab        F7
miss, and the love I left behind
          Bm7                    
My eyes adored you though I never 
                           A7M
laid a hand on you my eyes adored 
you
Like a million miles away from me 
                        Bbdim   Bm7
you couldn't see how I adored you
            Bm7      D A
So close, so close, and yet so far
C#m7                           
All my life I will remember, how 
                          B7M    B
warm and tender, we were way back 
then
C#m7                              
Though I'm feeling sad regrets, I 
                          E     B 
know I, won't ever forget you, my 
    Dm7
childhood friend
          Bm7                    
My eyes adored you though I never 
                           A7M
laid a hand on you my eyes adored 
you
Like a million miles away from me 
                        Bbdim   Bm7
you couldn't see how I adored you
            Bm7      D A
So close, so close, and yet so far
          Bm7                    
My eyes adored you though I never 
                           A7M
laid a hand on you my eyes adored 
you
Like a million miles away from me 
                        Bbdim   Bm7
you couldn't see how I adored you
            Bm7      D A
So close, so close, and yet so far