Eb 		 Ebsus4         Eb
  Your name froze on the winter air
         Ebsus4        Eb
An empty bench in Soho Square
	  Ebsus4      Eb
Forgotten now I turn away
            Ebsus4       Cm
Just save me for a rainy day
	     Gm	  Cm	           [Fill 1]      Eb
But don't be sorry, I don't want to hear it baby


	     Ebsus4         Eb
My feet froze in the winter chill
           Ebsus4       Eb
I knew I'd probably get ill
          Ebsus4	   Eb	         Ebsus4
But I was praying we could fill an empty bench and still
       Cm Gm    Cm		     [Fill 1]
You're so sorry but I don't want your pity baby


C	           Am
It's all yours now please don't tease
    F		          G
The pigeons shiver in the naked trees
            C		 Am
And I'll do anything but please don't hurt me
     F			G
Just kiss me quick 'cos it's my birthday
      F		      C    		 F		G
And I feel so small I don't know why but no I'm not too old to cry

Eb	Ebsus4	Eb	Ebsus4

Eb	   Ebsus4	 Eb
  An empty bench in Soho Square.
		  Ebsus4	       Cm
If you'd have come you'd have found me there
	      Gm		 Cm		 [Fill 1]
But you never did 'cos you don't care and I'm so sorry baby
Eb	     Ebsus4	    Eb		    Ebsus4	  Eb
I don't mind loneliness too much but when I met you I was touched
	     Ebsus4	     Eb		  Ebsus4	 Cm Gm
And that was good enough for me but do we always have to be sorry
Cm		      [Fill 1]
  Why can't we just be happy baby?

C	           Am		     F		    G
One day you'll be waiting there, no empty bench in Soho Square
	  C		    Am
And we'll dance around like we don't care
    F		     G
And I'll be much too old to cry
	   F		    C			 F       G
And you'll kiss me quick in case I die before my birthday

C	Am	     F		G
	   Before my birthday
C	Am	     F		G
	   Before my birthday
C

[String Solo]

Play G at end of solo

C	           Am		     F		    G
One day you'll be waiting there, no empty bench in Soho Square
   C		    Am		    F		      G
No I don't know the reason why I'll love you till the day I die
    C		      Am
But one day you'll be waiting there
     F		   G
Come summertime in Soho Square
	    C		      Am
And I'll be painting stars up in the sky
  F		 G		      C		Am
Before I get too old to cry before my birthday
  F		   G			 C	   Am		F
I hope I see those pigeons fly before my birthday
   G		     C		  Am		F          G
In Soho Square on my birthday

C	Am	F	G	-	Repeat to fade