D5 C5 So, so long ago G5 D5 And so far away D5 C5 When time was just a line G5 That you fed me D5 When you wanted to stay D5 C5 We'd talk as soft as chalk G5 D5 Till morning came, as pale as a pearl D5 C5 No time, no, no time G5 D5 Now, I have got all the time in the world D5 Bb5 Say, honey, did you belong to me Eb5 D5 F5 Tell me, honey, was your heart at rest when, darling C5 All the mourning doves were howling us Bb5 D5 C5 D5 F5 D5 A song of love's oh god-awful lawlessness, law-less-ness! D5 Bb5 Say, honey, did you belong to me Eb5 D5 Tell me, honey, did I pass your test F5 C5 I lay, as still as death, until the dawn Bb5 D5 C5 Whereupon I wrested from your god-awful lawlessness, D5 F5 D5 Law-less-ness! D5 C5 I roam around the tidy grounds G5 C5 Of my dappled sanatorium D5 C5 Coatless, I sit amongst the moles, adrift G5 D5 And I dote upon my pinesap gum D5 C5 And the light, through the pines in brassy tines G5 D5 Lays over me, dim as rum D5 C5 And thick as molasses, and so time passes G5 C5 And so, my heart, tomorrow comes D5 I feel you, leaning Bb5 Out back with the crickets Eb5 D5 Loyal heart marking the soon-ness darkness F5 C5 Tonight, still the mourning doves Bb5 Will summon us their song D5 C5 D5 F5 D5 Of love's neverdoneing lawlessness, law-less-ness! D5 While, over and over Bb5 Rear up, stand down, lay round Eb5 D5 Trying to sound-out or guess the reasons F5 C5 To sleep like a soldier, without rest Bb5 But there is no treason D5 C5 D5 F5 D5 Where there is only lawlessness, law-less-ness! D5 MIDDLE SECTION: D5 , Bb5 , G5 , C5 D5 , Bb5 , G5 , C5 faster D5 , Bb5 , G5 , C5 D5 , Bb5 , G5 , C5 Eb5 In the last week G5 Of the last year I was aware C#5 I took a blind shot, across the creek G#5 At the black bear Eb5 When he roused me in the night C#5 And left me cowering with my light Calling out G#5 F5 Who is there C5 Who's there Eb5 Who is there Bb5 , F5 , A5 , C5 D5 , Bb5 , G5 , C5 D5 , Bb5 , G5 , C5 D5 , Bb5 , G5 , C5 D5 , Bb5 , G5 , C5 Eb5 I watched you sleep G5 Repeating my prayer C#5 Give love a little shove G#5 And it becomes terror Eb5 And now I am calling In a sadness beyond anger C#5 And beyond fear G#5 F5 Who is there C5 Who's there Eb5 Who is there Bb5 , F5 , A5 , C5 , D5 D5 , C5 , G5 , D5 D5 , C5 , G5 , D5 D5 I glare and nod C5 Like the character, God G5 D5 Bearing down upon the houses and lawns D5 I knew a little bit, C5 But, darling, you were it G5 C5 And, darling, now it is long gone D5 C5 Sweetheart, in your clean, bright start G5 D5 Back there, behind a hill, and a dell D5 C5 And a state line or two, I'll be thinking of you G5 D5 Yes, I?ll be thinking and be wishing you well D5 C5 G5 D5 We land, I stand, but I wait for the sound of the bell D5 C5 G5 C5 I have to catch a cab and my bags are at the carousel D5 C5 D5 And then Lord, just then, time alone will only tell You morning dove
