Ringing Down The Years

Tom: Am

C  G   Am  F  C  Am  F  G
C  Am  F  C  Am  F  G  C  G  C

[Verse]
                             Am     F
We met when you were still a girl
                  C      Am
In Nineteen Sixty-Eight
                       F          G
You wore a white dress and a hat
                            C
I touched the hand of fate
                         Am            F
Your sweet voice took my breath away
                       C     Am
Your smile lit up your face
                        F               G
You still had both feet on the ground
                 C        Am
But I was out in space

[Chorus]
                     G
That certain sadness in your eyes
    F              C       Am
The secret of your smile
                       C
I've carried all these memories
    E7                Am     G
Down many's the weary mile
                 F
And every time I hear your name
   Em                  F       C
My eyes moist up with tears
                  Dm   F
As every word you ever sang
     G                 C      G   C
Comes ringing down the years

[Verse]
                           Am           F
We sat and talked the whole night long
                      C        Am
Of all our rights and wrongs
            F             G
Of mutual acquaintances

We sang each other's song
         C                Am              F
You were with me when the morning broke
                     C      Am
The birds refused to sing
                         F        G
They knew when they were beaten
                       C       Am
They hid beneath their wings

[Chorus]
                     G
That certain sadness in your eyes
    F              C       Am
The secret of your smile
                       C
I've carried all these memories
    E7                Am     G
Down many's the weary mile
                 F
And every time I hear your name
   Em                  F       C
My eyes moist up with tears
                  Dm   F
As every word you ever sang
     G                 C      A7
Comes ringing down the years

[Bridge]
Dm7                  Em7
I was in a Cleveland hotel room
          F              C      Dm7
When they telephoned the news
                     Em7            F
I drowned my sorrows all day long
                     G       Am
The Southern Comfort blues
                    Bb               F
The show went on to great applause
                 Ab       C
Choking back the tears
                  Dm   F     G
As every word you ever sang
                      C
Came ringing down the years

[Instrumental]
A7  Dm7  Em7  F  C  Dm7  Em7  F  G  Am  Bb  F  Ab
C  F  G  C  G  C

[Verse]
                      Am          F
I reached out for the hourglass
                 C      Am
To turn it face about
                            F
But who knows where the time goes
          G                     C
When your time is running out
                     Am           F
I know someday we'll meet again
                      C      Am
I know just what I'll find
                              F
You'll have taught the angels how to sing
  G                    C       Am
Georgia, Georgia on my mind

[Chorus]
                     G
That certain sadness in your eyes
    F              C       Am
The secret of your smile
                       C
I've carried all these memories
    E7                Am     G
Down many's the weary mile
                 F
And every time I hear your name
   Em                  F       C
My eyes moist up with tears
                  Dm   F     G
As every word you ever sang
                       C
Comes ringing down the years

[Outro]
Am  G  F  C  Am  C  E7  Am  G  F  Em7  F    C

               Dm   F     G
Every word you ever sang
                 C
Ringing down the years