INTRO: C  Am  F  C  Am  F  C
                   
            Am      F              C
Yesterday I thought that I walked alone
         Am       F          G
And that love was just a memory
      C      Am   F                C
But a nightingale followed me back home
       Am       F       G         C    F  C
And my love was waiting there for me
 
 
              Am       F            C
I had lost my faith as lovers often do
         Am           F          G
When the storm clouds gather overhead
        C      Am   F              C
But the nightingale sang a note so true
       Am       F       G      C      F  C
That I knew I'd lost my fear instead
 
 
CHORUS:
                  Am     F            C
And to think that I said love was for fools
                    Am         F     D    G
And that time would never heal these old wounds
        C           Am      F          C
But the nightingale saved a prayer for me
       Am       F        G        C     F  C 
In the twilight played a faithful tune
 
 
INSTRUMENTAL:  (## same as verse ##)
              C Am F C Am F G C Am F C Am F G C  F C
 
 
                 Am   F           C
I have heard the lark over in the vale
         Am        F                G
And I've heard the lonesome whippoorwill
        C        Am   F             C
But the sweetest song is the nightingale's
      Am        F     G      C    F  C
And I know I'll never get my fill
 
 
CHORUS:
                  Am     F            C
And to think that I said love was for fools
                    Am         F     D    G
And that time would never heal these old wounds
        C           Am      F          C
But the nightingale saved a prayer for me
       Am       F        G        C     F  C 
In the twilight played a faithful tune
               Am   C
But the nightingale saved a prayer for me
       Am          F        G        C    D7  G7  C
In the twilight he played a faithful tune