G D/F# C9 G So long, fare thee well Em G Am D The dancer and the dancing days have taken leave and fell G D/F# C9 G So turn down this bed of stone Em Am C D G - Am Am/B Quench me with the deadly nightshade from the rose that you belong C G Am - Am/B The long December rain is falling now C G Em Running down on streets to nowhere C G Am Music is my life you're my sweetest nightingale Bm7flat5 E7 Am - Am/B C But I can't hear it here no more G - D/F# - C9 - C9 And I go G - D/F# - C9 - C9 I go G D/F# C9 G Hush now, don't shake or break Em G Am D Words have fallen silent like soldiers to the grave G D/F# C9 G No matter what they do or say Em Am C D G Am - Am/B Lay me on the sleepy meadow by the tracks upon your face