Intro:

      (acoustic guitar):

      D5
      v v v v v v 
      -------3----- | ----- | ----- | -----
      -3---3---3--- | ----- | ----- | -----
      ---5-------5- | --%-- | --%-- | --%--
      -0----------- | ----- | ----- | -----
      ------------- | ----- | ----- | -----
      ------------- | ----- | ----- | -----
                           (while...)

Verse 1:

                     G5               E5
      While I'm far away from you my baby
      C5     D5        G5               E5
          I know it's hard for you my baby
      C5     D5         E5             B5
          Because it's hard for me my baby
      A5               D5                  G5     D5
      And the darkest hour is just before dawn

      (band enters)

Chorus:

                            G5                  C5 C5 G5
      Each night before you go to bed my baby
      C5            D5       G5                    C5 C5 G5
        Whisper a little prayer for me my baby
      D5      D5  Eb5             G5
             And tell all the stars above
      D74 [N.C.]                       [2: Em , to coda]
              This is dedicated to the one I love

Bridge 1:

        G5
      (Life can never be exactly like we want it to be)
          G5
      I could be satisfied knowing you love me
             G5
      (But there's one thing I want you to do   especially for me)
                A5             A5       D5
      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
      D5   D5         E5            B             
            Because it's hard for me my baby
      D5 [N.C.]          D5 [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:

                 B5           E5         G5   C5
      If there's one thing I want you to do
        B5   C5      B5
      Especially for me
                Eb5                     D5   [N.C.]
      And it's something that everybody needs

      (band re-enters on G)

[repeat chorus 1]

Coda:

      (E5 )                            C5
      This is dedicated to the one I love
                                      A5
      This is dedicated to the one I love
                                      G5
      This is dedicated to the one I love
                                    (this is dedicated)


-- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers