Eb              Eb4         Eb
  Your name froze on the winter air
         Eb4        Eb
An empty bench in Soho Square
        Eb4      Eb
Forgotten now I turn away
            Eb4       Cm
Just save me for a rainy day
           Gm        Cm                 [Fill 1]      Eb
But don't be sorry, I don't want to hear it baby


           Eb4         Eb
My feet froze in the winter chill
           Eb4       Eb
I knew I'd probably get ill
          Eb4         Eb               Eb4
But I was praying we could fill an empty bench and still
       Cm Gm    Cm                 [Fill 1]
You're so sorry but I don't want your pity baby


C                 Am
It's all yours now please don't tease
    F                      G
The pigeons shiver in the naked trees
            C             Am
And I'll do anything but please don't hurt me
     F                  G
Just kiss me quick 'cos it's my birthday
      F                  C                 F            G
And I feel so small I don't know why but no I'm not too old to cry

Eb      Eb4      Eb      Eb4

Eb         Eb4       Eb
  An empty bench in Soho Square.
              Eb4             Cm
If you'd have come you'd have found me there
            Gm             Cm             [Fill 1]
But you never did 'cos you don't care and I'm so sorry baby
Eb           Eb4          Eb                Eb4        Eb
I don't mind loneliness too much but when I met you I was touched
           Eb4           Eb              Eb4       Cm Gm
And that was good enough for me but do we always have to be sorry
Cm                  [Fill 1]
  Why can't we just be happy baby?

C                 Am                 F                G
One day you'll be waiting there, no empty bench in Soho Square
        C                Am
And we'll dance around like we don't care
    F                 G
And I'll be much too old to cry
         F                C                   F       G
And you'll kiss me quick in case I die before my birthday

C      Am           F            G
         Before my birthday
C      Am           F            G
         Before my birthday
C

[String Solo]

Play G at end of solo

C                 Am                 F                G
One day you'll be waiting there, no empty bench in Soho Square
   C                Am                F                  G
No I don't know the reason why I'll love you till the day I die
    C                  Am
But one day you'll be waiting there
     F               G
Come summertime in Soho Square
          C                  Am
And I'll be painting stars up in the sky
  F             G                  C            Am
Before I get too old to cry before my birthday
  F               G                   C         Am            F
I hope I see those pigeons fly before my birthday
   G                 C              Am            F          G
In Soho Square on my birthday

C      Am      F      G      -      Repeat to fade