Dear Heather:

Nightingale

written by Leonard Cohen and Anjani Thomas


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 .