The Passers-By

Capo: 3rd fret Intro F E A7 Dm Am G Am Am [Verse 1] F E I sing you a song that I offer A7 Dm To all the women you love for Am G7 C E A moment, a brief secret time F E To those that you scarcely had met when A7 Dm A different destiny led them Am G Am Am To places you can't even find [Verse 2] F E To her that you saw for an instant A7 Dm Appear at her window quite distant Am G7 C E Then suddenly vanish away F E Her slim silhouette a mere outline A7 Dm So gracefully faded for all time Am G Am Am But filled you with joy come to stay [Verse 3] F E To her on a train you were travelling A7 Dm Whose beautiful eyes left you marvelling Am G7 C E And shortened the journey so much F E Perhaps you alone understood her A7 Dm You watched her get out: But you couldn't Am G Am Am Even give her soft hand one light touch [Verse 4] F E To women already bespoken A7 Dm Who find that their life's a mere token Am G7 C E With someone that seems not to care F E They once, in a moment of madness A7 Dm Described the unbearable sadness Am G Am Am When life holds our only despair [Verse 5] F E The vision once glimpsed and idealised A7 Dm The shortest-lived hopes, never realised Am G7 C E Remains in our minds just one day F E Whatever brief happiness takes you A7 Dm The memory will quickly forsake you Am G Am Am Of those you once met on your way [Verse 6] F E But feeling your life has been wasted A7 Dm You wish with regret that you'd tasted Am G7 C E And known what these joys might have been F E The kisses you dared not discover A7 Dm The hearts that await you forever Am G Am Am Those eyes and their glances unseen [Verse 7] F E When weariness lengthens your evenings A7 Dm You people your solitude, grieving Am G7 C E With phantoms your memory retains F E You mourn absent lips of these countless A7 Dm Fair passers-by briefly encountered Am G Am Am You didn't know how to detain Outro F E A7 Dm Am G7 C E F E A7 Dm Am G Am Am