Wishing you were somehow here again
Gm D# Cm D
You were once my one companion, you were all that mattered,
Gm Fm - D# Cm
D
you
were once a friend and father, then
my world was shattered.
G
1. Wishing you were somehow here again,
Am D
wishing
you were somehow near.
C D
Bm Em
Sometimes it seemed if I just
dreamed,
Bm Em D - D7
somehow
you would be here.
G
2. Wishing I could hear your voice again,
Am D
knowing
that I never would,
C D Bm Em
dreaming
of you won't help me to do
Bm Em D
all
that you dreamed I could.
Gm D# Cm D
Passing bells and sculpted
angels, cold and monumental,
Gm Fm D#
Cm D
seem
for you the wrong companions, you were warm and gentle.
+ G - Am - D
C D
Bm Em
+ Too many years
fighting back tears,
Bm Em D
- D7
why
can't the past just die ?
Bb
3. Wishing you were somehow here again,
Cm F
knowing
we must say goodbye.
D#
F Dm Gm
try to forgive, teach
me to live,
Dm Gm F
give
me the strength to try.
Bb F D# F
No more memories, no more
silent tears,
Bb F D# F
no
more gazing across the wasted years.
- - - -
- D#
F Bb
Help me say goodbye
!
(Webber / Stilgoe)