INTRO: G 

                             C
So you've come back to me at last
      D                            G
Since time, once more, has set you free
                              C     D
And asked again this heart of mine
                             G
As early hopes were bound in me


                             C
Come closer, let me see your face
D                           G
Chestnut locks as strong as snow
                        C 
Yet it is the same dear face
  D                    G
I loved so fondly long  ago


                               C
The same face, on one Summer's night
     D                      G
Bent over low and kissed my brow
                           C     D
I loved you, oh, so dearly then
                       G
That's all passed over now


                          C
Oh no, I cannot take your hand
    D                       G
God never gives us back our youth
                              C
The love and youth we trusted in
   D                          G
Is yours, my dear, in perfect truth


INSTRUMENTAL: G  C  D  G    C  D  G


                            C      D
And yet, I think I love you still
                                   G
As friend loves friend, I love you dear
                                  C
God take you down life's darkened path
   D                              G
To where the skies are bright and clear
                                  C
God take you down life's darkened path
   D                              G
To where the skies are bright and clear