Recitative
Gm           Cm/G         Gm       Ebm6
For ages and ages,     the poets and sages 
Cdim     Gm              D7/13-   D7     Gm  D7/13-
Of      love won d'rous love      always sing
    G7       C9   Cdim    Bb7           Bbdim
But ask any lover and    you'll soon discover
A7    D           A7  Bbdim   Cm6
The heartaches that romance can bring
     Gm          Cm/G          Gm           Ebm6
What good is the scheming, the planning and dreaming
Cdim   Gm            D7/13-  D7      Gm   D7/13-
That  comes with each new      love affair
     G7             C9     Cdim     Bb7           Bbdim
The love that you cherish, so        often might perish
A7    D             A7 Bbdim       Cm6
And leaves you with castles        in air
Chorus
G Bm        G7  G6  Gm     Bb5+     Bb     C7      C
When  you're alone,         who cares for starlit skies
A7       Bbdim     A7 Cm    Eb5+  Cm7     Cm6       G
When you're      alone,       the magic moonlight dies
         B7   Em   A7          F#m  A7  G         A9   D5+       G   Abm6 D7 F#7/13- G
At break of   dawn, there is no sunrise,      when your lover has gone
 Bm      G7  G6   Gm     Bb5+  Bb       C7  C
What lonely hours,       the evening shadows bring
A7       Bbdim     A7 Cm      Eb5+   Cm7      Cm6
What lonely       hours,       with mem'ries lingering
G       B7   Em     Cm6         D7   Cdim E7M   E7
Like faded flow'rs,       life can't mean  anything
Am         Eb7   D7/13-   G   Eb7 D9 D5+
When your lover  has      gone
G Bm        G7  G6  Gm     Bb5+     Bb     C7      C
When  you're alone,         who cares for starlit skies
A7       Bbdim     A7 Cm    Eb5+  Cm7     Cm6       G
When you're      alone,       the magic moonlight dies
         B7   Em   A7          F#m  A7  G          A9  D5+       G    Abm6 D7 F#7/13- G
At break of   dawn, there is no sunrise,       when your lover has gone
 Bm      G7  G6   Gm     Bb5+  Bb       C7  C
What lonely hours,       the evening shadows bring
A7       Bbdim     A7 Cm      Eb5+   Cm7     Cm6
What lonely       hours,       with memories lingering
G       B7   Em     Cm6         D7   Cdim E7M   E7
Like faded flow'rs,       life can't mean  anything
Am         Eb7   D7/13-   G   G7 A7 Eb7 G
When your lover  has      gone