Verse
[A]
Underneath the lamplight
[E]
By the garden gate
[E7]
Darling I remember
[A]
The way you used to wait
[D] [A]
'Twas there that you whispered tenderly
[E]
That you loved me
[A]
You'd always be
[E] [A]
My Lili of the lamplight
[E] [A]
My own Lili Marlene
Verse
[A]
Time would come for roll call
[E]
Time for us to part
[E7]
Darling I'd caress you
[A]
And press you to my heart
[D] [A]
And there neath that far off lantern light
[E]
I'd hold you tight
[A]
We'd kiss good night
[E] [A]
My Lili of the lamplight
[E] [A]
My own Lili Marlene
Verse
[A]
Orders came for sailing
[E]
Somewhere over there
[E7]
All confined to barracks
[A]
'Twas more than I could bear
[D] [A]
I knew you were waiting in the street
[E]
I heard your feet
[A]
But could not meet
[E] [A]
My Lili of the lamplight
[E] [A]
My own Lili Marlene
Verse
[A]
Resting in our billet
[E]
Just behind the line
[E7]
Even though we're parted
[A]
Your lips are close to mine
[D] [A]
You wait where that lantern softly gleamed
[E]
Your sweet face seems
[A]
To haunt my dreams
[E] [A]
My Lili of the lamplight
[E] [A]
My own Lili Marlene
[E] [A]
My Lili of the lamplight
[E] [A]
My own Lili Marlene
