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 
 
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     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 .