Strawbs - Ringing down the years

We met when you were still a ^Amgirl ^F In Nineteen Sixty-^CEight ^Am You wore a white dress ^Fand a hat ^G I touched the hand of fate ^C Your sweet voice took my ^Ambreath away ^F Your smile lit up your ^Cface ^Am You still had both feet ^Fon the ground ^G But I was out in ^Cspace ^Am

That certain sadness ^Gin your eyes The ^Fsecret of your ^Csmile ^Am I've carried all these ^Cmemories Down^E7 many's the weary ^Ammile ^G And every time I ^Fhear your name My ^Emeyes moist up with t^Fears ^C As every word you ^Dmever ^Fsang Comes^G ringing down the ^Cyears ^{G C}

We sat and talked the whole^Am night long ^F Of all our rights and ^Cwrongs ^Am Of mutual ac^Fquaintances ^G

You were ^Cwith me when the ^Ammorning broke ^F The birds refused to ^Csing ^Am They knew when they were ^Fbeaten ^G They hid beneath their ^Cwings ^Am

That certain sadness ^Gin your eyes The ^Fsecret of your ^Csmile ^Am I've carried all these ^Cmemories Down^E7 many's the weary ^Ammile ^G And every time I ^Fhear your name My ^Emeyes moist up with t^Fears ^C As every word you ^Dmever ^Fsang Comes^G ringing down the ^Cyears ^A7

^Dm7I was in a Cleveland ^Em7hotel room When they ^Ftelephoned the ^Cnews ^Dm7 I drowned my sorrows ^Em7all day long ^F The Southern Comfort ^Gblues ^Am The show went on to ^Bbgreat applause ^F Choking back the ^Abtears ^C As every word you ^Dmever ^Fsang ^G Came ringing down the ^Cyears

I reached out for the ^Amhourglass ^F To turn it face a^Cbout ^Am But who knows where the time^F goes When your ^Gtime is running out ^C I know someday we'll ^Ammeet again ^F I know just what I'll ^Cfind ^Am You'll have taught the angels ^Fhow to sing Ge^Gorgia, Georgia on my ^Cmind ^Am

That certain sadness ^Gin your eyes The ^Fsecret of your ^Csmile ^Am I've carried all these ^Cmemories Down^E7 many's the weary ^Ammile ^G And every time I ^Fhear your name My ^Emeyes moist up with t^Fears ^C As every word you ^Dmever ^Fsang ^G Comes ringing down the ^Cyears

Every word you ^Dmever ^Fsang ^G Ringing down the ^Cyears