E-B-C#m A-B F#m-Abm-Am E E C#m A Abm Alone for a while I've been searching through the dark A E F#m B For traces of the love you left inside my lonely heart Abm C#m F#m Am To weave by picking up the pieces that remain E C#m A B7 Melodies of life--love's lost refrain B-C#m-B E C#m A Abm Our paths they did cross, though I cannot say just why A E F#m B We met, we laughed, we held on fast, and then we said goodbye Abm C#m F#m Am And who'll hear the echoes of stories never told? E A E F#m Abm Let them ring out loud till they unfold A B Abm C# In my dearest memories, I see you reaching out to me F#m B7 Dmaj7 Bm C#m A B Though you're gone, I still believe that you can call out my name E Abm A A voice from the past, joining yours and mine F#m B Adding up the layers of harmony E Abm A F#m And so it goes, on and on. Melodies of life, Dmaj7 B7 E To the sky beyond the flying birds--forever and beyond E-F#m-Abm-C#m A-Abm C#m-B-A F#m-B#m C#m-A-F#m-B E C#m A Abm So far and away, see the bird as it flies by A E F#m B Gliding through the shadows of the clouds up in the sky Abm C#m F#m Am I've laid my memories and dreams upon those wings E A E F#m Abm Leave them now and see what tomorrow brings A B Abm C# In your dearest memories, do you remember loving me? F#m B7 Dmaj7 Bm C#m A B Was it fate that brought us close and now leaves me behind? E Abm A A voice from the past, joining yours and mine F#m B Adding up the layers of harmony E Abm A F#m And so it goes, on and on. Melodies of life, Dmaj7 B7 E To the sky beyond the flying birds--forever and beyond E Abm A If I should leave this lonely world behind F#m B Your voice will still remember our melody E Abm A Now I know we'll carry on F#m Melodies of life Dmaj7 B7 Come circle round and grow deep in our hearts E As long as we remember E-F#m-E-B-C#m A-Abm-F#m-A-Dmaj7 E