Lorelei

Y[E]ou told me tales of love and glory

S[A]ame old sad song, same old story

S[E]irens sing a lu[C#m]llaby

A[G#m]nd no one knows bu[B]t Lorelei

Castles out of fairy tales
Timbers shiver where once there sailed
A lovesick man who caught her eye
And no one knew but Lorelei

 [F#m]

River, river have mercy

 [B]       Take me down to the sea

 [F#m]       For if I perish on these rocks

 [B]       My love no more I'll see

I've thought of you in far-off places
Puzzled over lipstick traces
So help me God, I will not try
And then I think of Lorelei
I've traveled far and wandered wide
An old photograph of you beside me
Old Man River seems so shy (?)
And he remembers Lorelei

If I should float upon this stream
And see you in my madman's dream
I'd sink into your troubled eyes
And none would know save Lorelei

Oh, river river river have mercy...

But if my ship which sails tomorrow
Should crash against these rocks, my sorrows
I will drown, before I die
It's you I'll see, not Lorelei

I[E]-I-I