Verse 1
[C] [G]
Speak low when you speak, love
[F] [C] [Am] [E]
Our summer day withers away too soon, too soon
[C] [G]
Speak low when you speak, love
[F] [Am] [E7]
Our moment is swift, like ships adrift,
[F] [Am] [E] [E7]
we're swept apart, too soon
Verse 2
[C] [G]
Speak low, darling, speak low
[F] [C] [Am] [E]
Love is a spark, lost in the dark too soon, too soon
[F]
I feel wherever I go
[C]
That tomorrow is near,
[Am] [E] [E7]
tomorrow is here and always too soon
Chorus
[F] [C]
Time is so old and love so brief
[Am] [E] [E7]
Love is pure gold and time a thief
Verse 3
[C] [G]
We're late, darling, we're late
[F] [C] [Am] [E]
The curtain descends, everything ends too soon, too soon
[F]
I wait, darling, I wait
[C] [Am] [E] [E7]
Will you speak low to me, speak love to me and soon
Chorus
[F] [C]
Time is so old and love so brief
[Am] [E] [E7]
Love is pure gold and time a thief
