Nightingale

I built my house beside the wood 
So I could hear you singing 
And it was sweet and it was good 
And love was all beginning 
 
Fare thee well my nightingale 
‘Twas long ago I found you 
Now all your songs of beauty fail 
The forest closes ‘round you 
 
(B) . . . |(E) . . . |(B)/f# . . . |(F#7) . (B) . | 
 
     (B)             (E) 
The sun goes down behind a veil 
      (B)                       (F#) 
‘Tis now that you would call me 
    (B)                (E) 
So rest in peace my nightingale 
   (B)                    (F#)  (B) 
Beneath your branch of holly 
 
 (B)                 (E)      (B) 
Fare thee well my nightingale 
       (B)                (F#) 
‘Twas long ago I found you 
    (B)                  (E) 
Now all your songs of beauty fail 
     (B)               (F#)    (B) 
The forest closes ‘round you 
 
(B) . . . |(E) . . . |(B) . . . |(B) . (F#) . | 
(B) . . . |(E) . . . |(B) . . . |(B) (F#) (B) . | 
 
Fare thee well my nightingale 
I lived but to be near you 
Tho‘ you are singing somewhere still 
I can no longer hear you 
 
(B) . . . |(E) . . . |(B) . . .|(B) (F#) (B) .