Intro:

      (acoustic guitar):

      D74
      v v v v v v 
      -------3----- | ----- | ----- | -----
      -3---3---3--- | ----- | ----- | -----
      ---5-------5- | --%-- | --%-- | --%--
      -0----------- | ----- | ----- | -----
      ------------- | ----- | ----- | -----
      ------------- | ----- | ----- | -----
                           (while...)

Verse 1:

                     G               Em
      While I'm far away from you my baby
      C6     D7        G               Em
          I know it's hard for you my baby
      C6     D7         Em             Bm
          Because it's hard for me my baby
      Am               D7                  G     D74
      And the darkest hour is just before dawn

      (band enters)

Chorus:

                            G                  C C/G G/B
      Each night before you go to bed my baby
      C            D       G                    C C/G G/B
        Whisper a little prayer for me my baby
      D74      D7  Eb7             G
             And tell all the stars above
      D74 [N.C.]                       [2: Em , to coda]
              This is dedicated to the one I love

Bridge 1:

        G
      (Life can never be exactly like we want it to be)
          G7
      I could be satisfied knowing you love me
             G
      (But there's one thing I want you to do   especially for me)
                Am             A7       D74
      And it's something that everybody needs

Chorus 2:

      Each night before you go to bed my baby
      Whisper a little prayer for me my baby
      D74   D7         Em            Bm/A             
            Because it's hard for me my baby
      D74 [N.C.]          D74 [N.C.]
              And the darkest hour is just before dawn

Instrumental break:

      piano solo: G7 [8 bars of 6/8]

      (band drops out)

Bridge 2:

                 Bm           Em         G   Cm
      If there's one thing I want you to do
        Bm   Cm      Bm
      Especially for me
                Eb7                     D74   [N.C.]
      And it's something that everybody needs

      (band re-enters on G)

[repeat chorus 1]

Coda:

      (Em )                            C
      This is dedicated to the one I love
                                      A7
      This is dedicated to the one I love
                                      G
      This is dedicated to the one I love
                                    (this is dedicated)


-- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers