Hank Snow - I cried but my tears were too late

^COne heart too many I have ^G7broken ^{G7 G}Love dreams that faded and ^Cdied ^{C C}Too many teardrops have ^Gfallen ^{G D7}Too many vows cast a^G7side ^G7

^GSoft wedding bells should be ^Cringing ^C For ^G7us in the chapel to^Cnight ^C But this ^Fmorning they tolled and her ^Cbright band of ^A7gold Was re^Dturned with this ^D7message to^G7night ^G7

Your ^Csweetheart has ^G7left us to^Gday Heart^G7broken God ^Gtook her a^Cway ^C That ^Fsilk gown of white, for her ^Cwedding to^A7night She ^Dwore as they laid her a^G7way ^G7

Though she ^Cdied for a ^G7love all in vain ^G7 Her ^Glast words were callin' your ^Cname ^C As I ^Cwalked to her grave, where the ^Fbluebonnets wave I ^Ccried but my ^G7tears were too ^Clate ^C

^C Tonight sweetheart, ^Fas I kneel here alone beside you ^AAnd my tears stain the flowers on ^G7your grave ^CIn deep regret I think, of ^Fthe heart that I have wounded ^COf the sorrow and grief and ^G7the life that I could have ^Csaved - Yes tonight darlin' ^Fyou were to be my loving bride ^CBut all that I have left now is; ^G7I bow to pray ^C7Is your ring, a ^Cpicture and the ^Fsad message that they sent me ^CAnd this rose that I am ^G7taking from your ^Cgrave

Though she ^Cdied for a ^G7love all in vain ^G7 Her ^Glast words were callin' my ^Cname ^C As I ^Cwalked to her grave, where the ^Fbluebonnets wave I ^Ccried but my ^G7tears were too ^Clate ^C