G          C            G
1. It's a lesson too late for the learning,
   C       G/D        G
   Made of sand, made of sand.
          G          C              G
   In the wink of an eye my soul is turning,
   C       G/D           G
   In your hand, in your hand.

           D                  C           G
R: Are you going away with no word of farewell?
              C        G            D
   Will there be not a trace left behind?
           G                    C              G
   Well, I could have loved you better, didn't mean to be unkind,
             D            D7               G
   You know, that was the last thing on my mind.

         G           C              G
2. As we walk all my thoughts are a-tumbling,
   C          G/D                G
   'Round and 'round, 'round and 'round.
        G         C                 G
   Underneath our feet the subway's rumbling,
   C    G/D          G
   Underground, underground.
R:

              G         C          G
3. You've got reasons a-plenty for going,
   C      G/D          G
   This I know, this I know.
           G               C        G
   For the weeds have been steadily growing,
   C            G/D              G
   Please don't go, please don't go.
R:

        G         C         G
4. As I lie in my bed every morning,
   C       G/D          G
   Without you, without you,
        G          C             G
   Each song in my breast dies a-borning,
   C       G/D
   Without y