[Verse 1]
Am (x02210@1)                Em (022000@1)   G (320003@1)         AI (x02220@1)never should have waited so long to say
Am (x02210@1)          G (320003@1)          Em (022000@1)       Awhat (x02220@1)is going on since the very first day
Am (x02210@1)                G (320003@1)     Em (022000@1)     Athought (x02220@1)that you would stay forever with me
Am (x02210@1)          G (320003@1)     Em (022000@1)      Abut (x02220@1)the time has come to leave

[Chorus]
          Am (x02210@1)         G (320003@1)    
before we turn off the lights
    Em (022000@1)       Aand (x02220@1)close our eyes
     Am (x02210@1)       Gi'll (320003@1)tell you a secret
  Em (022000@1)         Ai (x02220@1)held all my life
    Am (x02210@1)   Gits (320003@1)you i live for
    Em (022000@1)     Aand (x02220@1)for you i die
     Am (x02210@1)        Gso (320003@1)i lay here with you
       Em (022000@1)     Ain (x02220@1)our final goodbye 

[Verse 2] 
Hold, draw me close, close to my lips
Listen intently as I tell you this
Outside the world wages its wars,
I'll rest in peace as long as you know

[Chorus]
Before we turn out the lights and close our eyes
I'll tell you a secret I've held all my life
Its you that I live for, and for you I die
So I'll Lay here with you 'til the final goodbye

[Bridge]

     F (133211@1)    GPromise (320003@1)our love
       AWould (x02220@1)carry on
    F (133211@1)   G (320003@1)     Auntil (x02220@1)time eternal we belong 

[Chorus]
Before we turn out the lights and close our eyes
I'll tell you a secret I've held all my life
It's you that I live for, and for you I die
So I'll lay here with you till the final goodbye

His respectful lips for the last time
And spell out the lyrics to love in the sky
Its you that I live for and for you I die
So I'll lay here with you till the final goodbye