Jehro - The Passers-By

Capo: 3rd fret

[Intro]
F E A7 Dm Am G Am Am

[Verse 1]
F E
I sing you a song that I offer
A7 Dm
To all the women you love for
Am G7 C E
A moment, a brief secret time

F E
To those that you scarcely had met when
A7 Dm
A different destiny led them
Am G Am Am
To places you can’t even find

[Verse 2]
F E
To her that you saw for an instant
A7 Dm
Appear at her window quite distant
Am G7 C E
Then suddenly vanish away

F E
Her slim silhouette a mere outline
A7 Dm
So gracefully faded for all time
Am G Am Am
But filled you with joy come to stay

[Verse 3]
F E
To her on a train you were travelling
A7 Dm
Whose beautiful eyes left you marvelling
Am G7 C E
And shortened the journey so much

F E
Perhaps you alone understood her
A7 Dm
You watched her get out: But you couldn’t
Am G Am Am
Even give her soft hand one light touch

[Verse 4]
F E
To women already bespoken
A7 Dm
Who find that their life’s a mere token
Am G7 C E
With someone that seems not to care

F E
They once, in a moment of madness
A7 Dm
Described the unbearable sadness
Am G Am Am
When life holds our only despair

[Verse 5]
F E
The vision once glimpsed and idealised
A7 Dm
The shortest-lived hopes, never realised
Am G7 C E
Remains in our minds just one day

F E
Whatever brief happiness takes you
A7 Dm
The memory will quickly forsake you
Am G Am Am
Of those you once met on your way

[Verse 6]
F E
But feeling your life has been wasted
A7 Dm
You wish with regret that you’d tasted
Am G7 C E
And known what these joys might have been

F E
The kisses you dared not discover
A7 Dm
The hearts that await you forever
Am G Am Am
Those eyes and their glances unseen

[Verse 7]
F E
When weariness lengthens your evenings
A7 Dm
You people your solitude, grieving
Am G7 C E
With phantoms your memory retains

F E
You mourn absent lips of these countless
A7 Dm
Fair passers-by briefly encountered
Am G Am Am
You didn’t know how to detain

[Outro]
F E A7 Dm Am G7 C E
F E A7 Dm Am G Am Am