F5                  C5 
Let me tell you about this torch I carry - 
A5                  Bb5 
- It?s not much of a career, 
G5                  Bb5 
And it won?t make my fortune, 
G5                  Bb5 
I fear. 
 

F5                  C5 
But it stays alight and won?t be buried; 
A5                  Bb5 
It?s brighter year by year, 
G5                  Bb5 
And someday it will surely 
G5                  Bb5 
Disappear. 
 

F5 
When it does I?ll know I?ve laid to rest 
C5 
The ghost of your unhappiness 
F5 
That creeps around from room to room , 
A5                  Bb5      G5 
A widow on a honeymoon, 
Bb5                  F5      C5      F5 
A shadow on a harvest moon. 
  

F5                  C5 
So put away this torch you carry, 
A5                  Bb5 
For it?s doing you no good, 
G5                  Bb5 
And surely you know by now, 
G5                  Bb5 
That you should; 
 

F5                  C5 
And come the day you die or marry, 
A5                  Bb5 
Will you be understood 
G5                  Bb5 
When you say that you wanted 
G5                  Bb5 
But never could 
 

F5 
Turn your back and lay to rest 
C5 
The ghost of your unhappiness 
F5 
That flits around from room to room , 
A5                  Bb5      G5 
A widow on a honeymoon, 
Bb5            F5      C5      F5 
A shadow on a harvest moon. 
 
 
F5 
I write these words to make them true, 
C5 
?I?ve drowned my torch and so should 
F5      C5 
you?. 
G5 
I write these words to make them true, 
Bb5 
?I?ve drowned my torch and so should 
F5      D5 
you?. 
G5 
I write these words to make them true, 
Bb5 
?I?ve drowned my torch and so should 
F5 
you?.