Am C G/B Am [Verse] C G/B Am The snows, they melt the soonest when the winds begin to sing C D G/B D Am The corn, it ripens fastest when the frosts are settlin' in C D G/B Am And when a lover tells me that my face she'll soon forget F Am G Am Before we part, I'll wage a croon, she's bound to follow yet [Verse] C G/B Am The snows, they melt the soonest when the wind begins to sing C D G/B D Am The swallow flies without a thought as long as it is spring C D G/B But when spring goes and winter blows, my love, she will be fain Am F Am G Am For all her pride to follow me, across the raging main [Verse] C G/B Am The snows, they melt the soonest when the wind begins to sing C D G/B D Am The bee that flew when summer shone, in winter cannot sting C D G/B I've seen a lover's anger melt between the night and the morn Am F Am G Am But it's surely not a harder thing to melt a woman's scorn [Instrumental] Am C G/B Am Am C D G/B D Am C D G/B Am F Am G Am [Verse] C G/B Am So don't you bid me farewell, no farewell I'll receive C D G/B D Am For you will lie with me, my love, then kiss and take your leave C D G/B I'll wait here 'til the moorcock calls, and the martin takes the wing Am F Am G Am For the snows, they melt the soonest when the winds begin to sing [Verse] C G/B Am The snows, they melt the soonest when the winds begin to sing C D G/B D Am The corn, it ripens fastest when the frosts are settlin' in C D G/B Am And when a lover tells me that my face she'll soon forget F Am G Am Before we part, I'll wage a croon, she's bound to follow yet