G
[Verse]
G C/G G
Born to die, born to die Darling you'll live
D/F#
No longer than your years
C/G G D/F# G
If Heaven and Earth are both on the market,
C/G Dsus G
Then hell is nothing to fear.
[Chorus]
C/G G
So where oh where have the lights gone love
Em G D/F#
Has the sun retired for the day
C/G Em G C/G
Or has life outlived these eyes of mine
C/G Dsus G
Please stay until the last light fades.
[Short instrumental break]
C D G
[Verse]
G C/G G
Father oh my father I'll be standing in line
D/F#
To face what faults are mine
C/G Bm Am G
It's not these old bones that I'll miss in my dying
C/G Dsus G
It's the girl I'm leaving behind.
[Chorus]
C/G G
So where oh where have the lights gone love
Em G D/F#
Has the sun retired for the day
C/G Em G C/G
Or has life outlived these eyes of mine
C/G Dsus G
Please stay until the last light fades.
(Play verse chords for mandolin solo)
[Verse]
G C/G G
Love of mine sweet love of mine I'll soon return
D/F#
To the land to make room for the new
C/G Bm Am G
I'll give hell my worst and good to this earth
C/G Dsus G
As for heaven it was found in you
[Chorus]
C/G G
So where oh where have the lights gone love
Em G D/F#
Has the sun retired for the day
C/G Em G C/G
Or has the life outlived these eyes of mine
C/G Dsus G
Please stay until the last light fades.
