A5 E5 G5 We told our tales as we A5 E5 G5 sat under mornin's sleepy A5 E5 G5 sky ( A5 E5 G5 ) (2x) A5 E5 G5 With all the colours of the A5 E5 G5 sunrise shining in our A5 E5 G5 eyes ( A5 E5 G5 ) (2x) F5 E5 G5 One, then another with a F5 E5 G5 story of yesterday's A5 E5 G5 lives ( A5 E5 G5 ) (2x) F5 E5 G5 or of a lover who had F5 E5 G5 gone in a moment of A5 E5 G5 strife A5 E5 G5 No thought of sleep ever A5 E5 G5 dwells upon the wise man's A5 E5 G5 mind ( A5 E5 G5 ) (2x) A5 E5 G5 Some task or audience A5 E5 G5 stealing every moment of his A5 E5 G5 time ( A5 E5 G5 ) (2x) F5 E5 G5 Thus we have learned to live while F5 E5 G5 mortal man lies waiting to A5 E5 G5 die ( A5 E5 G5 ) (2x) F5 E5 G5 How can we do what must be F5 E5 G5 done in just one short A5 E5 G5 life? C#5 And if you ask, then you should Ab5 know, if you still doubt you should be F5 told, it was not we that made it Ab5 so, it was by those who went A5 before... ( A5 E5 G5 ) (2x) A5 E5 G5 And there you sit tomorrow's A5 E5 G5 child, so full of love so full of A5 E5 G5 life, but you must rise to meet the A5 E5 G5 day, lest you become another A5 E5 G5 tale, and there you sit tomorrow's
