| G | |
| He said, I’ll love you till I d | ie |
| C | |
| She told him you’ll forget in t | ime |
| D7 | |
| As the years went slowly b | y |
| G | |
| She still preyed upon his m | ind |
| G | |
| He kept her picture on his w | all |
| C | |
| Went half crazy now and th | en |
| D7 | |
| He still loved her through it | all |
| G | |
| Hoping she’d come back ag | ain |
| G | |
| Kept some letters by his b | ed |
| C | |
| Dated nineteen-sixty-tw | o |
| D7 | |
| He had underlined in r | ed |
| G | |
| Every single I love y | ou |
| G | |
| I went to see him just tod | ay |
| C | |
| Oh but I didn’t see no t | ears |
| D7 | |
| All dressed up to go aw | ay |
| G | |
| First time I’d seen him smile in y | ears |
| G | |
| He stopped loving her tod | ay |
| C | |
| They placed a wreath upon his d | oor |
| D7 | |
| And soon they’ll carry him aw | ay |
| G | |
| He stopped loving her tod | ay |
| G | |
| You know she came to see him one last t | ime |
| C | |
| Oh and we all wondered if she w | ould |
| D7 | |
| And it kept running through my m | ind |
| G | |
| This time he’s over her for g | ood |
| G | |
| He stopped loving her tod | ay |
| C | |
| They placed a wreath upon his d | oor |
| D7 | |
| And soon they’ll carry him aw | ay |
| G | |
| He stopped loving her tod | ay |
