Eb5              Eb5         Eb5
  Your name froze on the winter air
         Eb5        Eb5
An empty bench in Soho Square
        Eb5      Eb5
Forgotten now I turn away
            Eb5       C5
Just save me for a rainy day
           G5        C5                 [Fill 1]      Eb5
But don't be sorry, I don't want to hear it baby


           Eb5         Eb5
My feet froze in the winter chill
           Eb5       Eb5
I knew I'd probably get ill
          Eb5         Eb5               Eb5
But I was praying we could fill an empty bench and still
       C5 G5    C5                 [Fill 1]
You're so sorry but I don't want your pity baby


C5                 A5
It's all yours now please don't tease
    F5                      G5
The pigeons shiver in the naked trees
            C5             A5
And I'll do anything but please don't hurt me
     F5                  G5
Just kiss me quick 'cos it's my birthday
      F5                  C5                 F5            G5
And I feel so small I don't know why but no I'm not too old to cry

Eb5      Eb5      Eb5      Eb5

Eb5         Eb5       Eb5
  An empty bench in Soho Square.
              Eb5             C5
If you'd have come you'd have found me there
            G5             C5             [Fill 1]
But you never did 'cos you don't care and I'm so sorry baby
Eb5           Eb5          Eb5                Eb5        Eb5
I don't mind loneliness too much but when I met you I was touched
           Eb5           Eb5              Eb5       C5 G5
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?

C5                 A5                 F5                G5
One day you'll be waiting there, no empty bench in Soho Square
        C5                A5
And we'll dance around like we don't care
    F5                 G5
And I'll be much too old to cry
         F5                C5                   F5       G5
And you'll kiss me quick in case I die before my birthday

C5      A5           F5            G5
         Before my birthday
C5      A5           F5            G5
         Before my birthday
C5

[String Solo]

Play G at end of solo

C5                 A5                 F5                G5
One day you'll be waiting there, no empty bench in Soho Square
   C5                A5                F5                  G5
No I don't know the reason why I'll love you till the day I die
    C5                  A5
But one day you'll be waiting there
     F5               G5
Come summertime in Soho Square
          C5                  A5
And I'll be painting stars up in the sky
  F5             G5                  C5            A5
Before I get too old to cry before my birthday
  F5               G5                   C5         A5            F5
I hope I see those pigeons fly before my birthday
   G5                 C5              A5            F5          G5
In Soho Square on my birthday

C5      A5      F5      G5      -      Repeat to fade