F                  C 
Let me tell you about this torch I carry - 
Am7                  Bb 
- It?s not much of a career, 
Gm                  Bb7M 
And it won?t make my fortune, 
Gm                  Bb 
I fear. 
 

F                  C 
But it stays alight and won?t be buried; 
Am7                  Bb 
It?s brighter year by year, 
Gm                  Bb7M 
And someday it will surely 
Gm                  Bb 
Disappear. 
 

F 
When it does I?ll know I?ve laid to rest 
C 
The ghost of your unhappiness 
F 
That creeps around from room to room , 
Am7                  Bb      Gm 
A widow on a honeymoon, 
Bb7M                  F      C      F 
A shadow on a harvest moon. 
  

F                  C 
So put away this torch you carry, 
Am7                  Bb 
For it?s doing you no good, 
Gm                  Bb7M 
And surely you know by now, 
Gm                  Bb 
That you should; 
 

F                  C 
And come the day you die or marry, 
Am7                  Bb 
Will you be understood 
Gm                  Bb7M 
When you say that you wanted 
Gm                  Bb 
But never could 
 

F 
Turn your back and lay to rest 
C 
The ghost of your unhappiness 
F 
That flits around from room to room , 
Am7                  Bb      Gm 
A widow on a honeymoon, 
Bb7M            F      C      F 
A shadow on a harvest moon. 
 
 
F 
I write these words to make them true, 
C 
?I?ve drowned my torch and so should 
F      C 
you?. 
Gm 
I write these words to make them true, 
Bb7M 
?I?ve drowned my torch and so should 
F      Dm7 
you?. 
Gm 
I write these words to make them true, 
Bb7M 
?I?ve drowned my torch and so should 
F 
you?.