You Pass Me By
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Words and music by Hank Snow and Eddie Nesbitt
Submitted by Paul Enockson
You Pass Me By
C C7 F
You Pass Me By, and you don't even stop to say hello
G7 C
C
Don't know why--- I've learned to love you so. Each night it seams
C7 F G7
I hear you say your love will never die, I wake from dreams,
C
You Pass Me By.
C7 F C
When you are lonely, some day you'll learn
D7 G D7
G
Just what it means to live in dreams of love that's unreturned.
G7 C C7
F
A love so sweet, that vanished with the sunshine in the sky,
G7 C
Each time we meet, You Pass Me By.
C C7
F
You Pass Me By, and now I know my hopes are all in vain
G7 C
Here I am on memory lane. I hope and pray
C7 F G7
the one you love will never make you cry --- then turn away
C
and pass you by.
C7 F C
I keep your memory locked in my heart,
D7 G D7 G
For ever there to help me bear the lonely tears that start.
G7 C C7 F
I might have known our love was only meant to be a lie,
G7 C
Oh heart of stone, You Pass Me By.
Enjoy! Paul
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