Lily Dale

Bob Wills

Traditional

Key of C · Chords: I IV V

Verse 1

C                                          F
As I hear the mocking birds I remember the words
         C                            G7
When you said that forever you'd love me
    C                                 F
Now happiness is gone memories linger on
         C             G7           C
From the chains of our love I can't free

Verse 2

                            G7       C
Sweet as the morning  smile like the sunshine
F          C                   G7
Ours was a love no words could tell
C              G7         C
I love you  oh how I miss you
F                   G7   C
Won't you come back Lily Dale

Verse 3

                                               F
Since we have said goodbye I'm so blue I could cry
          C                     G7
Happiness is a thing called the past
C                                     F
Days without you make my nights oh so blue
    C            G7                  C
And always in my heart our love will last

Verse 2

                            G7       C
Sweet as the morning  smile like the sunshine
F          C                   G7
Ours was a love no words could tell
C              G7         C
I love you  oh how I miss you
F                   G7   C
Won't you come back Lily Dale

Verse 4

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F G7 C