D
F G
[Verse 1]
D C G D C G
Buy for me the rain, my darling, buy for me rain
D C G D
Buy for me the crystal pools that fall upon the plain
G A
And I'll buy for you a rainbow, and a million pots of gold
D C G C
Buy it for me now, babe, before I am too old ( I am too old)
[Instrumental]
D C G
D C
[Verse 2]
D C G D C G
Buy for me the sun, my darling, buy for me the sun
D C G D
Buy for me the light that falls when day has just begun
G A
And I'll buy for you a shadow to protect you from the day
D C G D
Buy it for me now, babe, before I go away-ay-ay.
[Instrumental]
D C G
D C
[Verse 3]
D C G D C G
Buy for me the robin, darling, buy for me the wing.
D C G D
Buy for me a sparrow, or most any flying thing.
G A
And I'll buy for you a tree, my love, where a robin's nest may grow
D C G C
Buy it for me now, babe, the years all hurry so (they hurry so)
[Instrumental]
D C G
D C
[Verse 4]
D C G D C G
I cannot buy you happiness, I cannot buy you years.
D C G D
I cannot buy you happiness, in place of all the tears.
G A
But I can buy for you a gravestone, to lay behind your head
D C G
Gravestones cheer the living, dear, they're no use
C
to the dead
[Instrumental]
D C G
D C
[Outro]
D C G D C G
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D C G D C
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