(Rythme 3/4)
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T _ he per fu__-me that she wo___-re was from some__ little sto__ _ _ -re_
On the down__ side of town__ _ _ _ _ _
But it__ lingered on___ long after__ she'd_ _go__-n _ e_
I remember it_ _ well__ _ gb6,2 g6,3 _
A a5,0 nd our fin_-gers_ en_- twined__ like_ ribbons__ of_ light__
A _ nd we came_ through__ a door_-way__ some whe_-re in_ the night__ _ _ _ (xx0230)_ _ (xx023x)! _
H _ er-er long__ flowing hair___ came s _ _ oftly un_- do__-ne_
_ And it lay _ _ al l arou _ _ nd___ _ _
And she__ brushed it down___ as I stood_ b _ _ y_ her_ _si__-d _ e_
_ In the war _ mth_ of her lo_ _ _ gb6,2 g6,3 -ve_
,0And she s howed_ me_ her_ t reasures__ of_ p _aper__ an _ d_ t in__ _ _
And we_ played__ a game_ on_-ly_ she-e_ could_ win_ _ _ __ _ _
A _ nd she told_ me_ a_ riddle__ I'll ne_-ver_ for_ __-get_ _
_ Then _ left_ with__ the ans_-wer__ I've never__ f ound_ _ _ ye (xx0230)t_ _ _ (xx023x)! _
"H _ ow-ow long__" said she__ "Can a moment_ _ _ like_ this__ _ _
_ Belong__ to some_-one?__ _"
"W _ hat's wrong__ what is right___ when to live_ or_ to_ die__ _ _
_ We must_ a _ lmost_ be b _ _ gb6,2 g6,3 orn__"
Sa5,0 o_ if_ you_ should_ ask_ me_ what_ se_-crets_ I_ hide__ _
I _ 'm_ on_-ly- your_ lover__ don't_ make_ me_ de ci__ _ _ _-de (xx0230) _ _ (xx023x)! _
T _ he per fu__-me that she wo___-re was from some__ little sto__ _ _ -re_
On the down__ side of town__ _ _ _ _ _
But it__ lingered on___ long after__ she'd_ _go__-n _ e_
I remember it_ _ well__ _ gb6,2 g6,3 _
,0And she s howed_ me_ her_ t reasures__ of_ p aper__ and_ t in__ _ _
And we_ played__ a game_ on_-ly_ she-e_ could_ win__ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ And our fin_-gers_ en_- twined__ like_ rib-bons__ of_ light__
A _ nd we came_ through_ a_ door_-way__ some where_ in_ the_ night__ _ _ _ _ _ _ _