INTRO verse 1 Minutes seem like hours And hours they seem like days When the ones you want are missing And they've gone their separate ways Walking in a sunny garden empty like the moon And birds that once could fly so high Now sing a different tune verse 2 Walking in the park The leaves are turning now it's fall The time has come for leaving In their eyes that says it all Pictures on the mantle Tell the tales of better times Moments from a long long time ago When things were fine One fine day When the wild birds return We'll look back and say What a lesson in life I've learned verse 3 So light a broad wick candle In the window make it bright You need to find your way home In the dark and deepest nights And if you're lost and homeless In some lonely city zone Just follow back that winding road That leads you back on home SOLO - X2 ***** X2 = Ohhhhhhhh e|----------s---------------s--------| B|---8-10-10\12-----------10\12-8-10-| G|-7------------7---9---7------------| D|-----------------------------------| A|-----------------------------------| E|-----------------------------------| e|--------------s-----------s-----------s--------| B|-------8-10-10\12-----10-10\12------10\12-8-10-| G|-7-7-7------------7------------9--7------------| D|-----------------------------------------------| A|-----------------------------------------------| E|-----------------------------------------------| s s s e|----8-10-10\12-10---------|-10\12/10----------br-| B|-10---------------12-10-8-|----------12-10-8-10--| G|--------------------------|----------------------| D|--------------------------|----------------------| A|--------------------------|----------------------| E|--------------------------|----------------------| H s e|------------8-8-10-12-8\10---------|-10-10-10--b--------| B|-----10-10-----------------12-10-8-|----------10-10-8---| G|-7-7-------------------------------|------------------7-| D|-----------------------------------|--------------------| A|-----------------------------------|--------------------| E|-----------------------------------|--------------------| Ohhhhhhh 02:52 s e|-------8-8\10---------------8---s------|------------b-r--| B|-10-12------------8-8-8-8-8---10\12-10-|-----10-12-12--8-| G|--------------7-7----------------------|-7-7-------------| D|---------------------------------------|-----------------| A|---------------------------------------|-----------------| E|---------------------------------------|-----------------| H H p e|-----------7-8-7-8-7----|-----10-| B|-------8-8-----------10-|--------| G|-9-7-9------------------|-7-7----| D|------------------------|--------| A|------------------------|--------| E|------------------------|--------| verse 4 Minutes seem like hours And the hours they seem like days When the ones you want are missing And they've gone their separate ways Walking in a sunny garden empty like the moon And birds that once could fly so high Now sings a different tune play these bits of solos through the last 3 Choruses. 03:44 s 03:54 04:00 s s e|-8\10-8---------|--s------h-------|-10-8----8-10-10\12-----10\12-10----| B|--------12-10-8-|-8\10-8-7-8-10---|------12------------8-8----------10-| G|----------------|---------------7-|------------------------------------| D|----------------|-----------------|------------------------------------| A|----------------|-----------------|------------------------------------| E|----------------|-----------------|------------------------------------| 04:10 04:17 s 04:21 e|----s------h-p----|-16-10-10\12-7-8-10-|------br--------s------h-------| B|---8\10-8-7-8-7---|--------------------|-10--12-8------8\10-8-7-8-10---| G|-9--------------7-|--------------------|----------11-9---------------7-| D|------------------|--------------------|-------------------------------| A|------------------|--------------------|-------------------------------| E|------------------|--------------------|-------------------------------| OUTRO When wild birds return 04:30 e|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---| B|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---| G|-----2-4-2-2-----|-----2-4-2-2-----|-----2-4-2-2-----|---| D|-5-5---------5-4-|-5-5---------5-4-|-5-5---------5-4-|-5-| A|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---| E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---|

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