How Sad, How Lovely

    G        Am    D
How sad, how lovely,
    G          Am    D
how short, how sweet,
    G       Am   D
to see that sunset
       G Em G
at the end of the street.


        Am          Bm
And the day gathered in
      Am     G
to a single light,
         C       G
and the shadows rising
         Am     D     G
from the brim of the night.


    Em       Am
Too few, too few,
        G              Am
are the days that will hold
     Em         Am
your face, your face
     Em       Am ------ D
in a blaze of gold.


    G         Am    D
How sad, how lovely,
    G         Am    D
how short, how sweet,
    G       Am    D
to see that sunset
       G Em G
at the end of the street.


        Am          Bm
And the lights going on
       Am            G
in the shops and the bars,
        C      G
and the lovers looking
        Am      D     G
for the first little stars.


     Am           Em
Like life, like a smile,
         Am        D
like the fall of a leaf,
    G         Am
how sad, how lovely,
    G      C G
how brief.
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