Verse
[G] [Cdim] [C] [Edim] [G]
When I was young I lived in a world of dreams
[G] [Cdim] [C] [Edim] [G]
Of moods and myths and il lu sion ar y schemes
[Em] [B7]
Though now I'm much more grown up
[Em] [B7]
I fear that I must own up
[D9] [A7]
To the fact that I'm in doubt of
D9 Am7 D7/9
What the modern cynics shout of.
[G] [G/E] [Am7] [D7] [G] [G/E] [Am7] [Cdim] [D7]
They say it's spring, this feeling light as a feather;
[Em] [Gdim] [B7] [Em] [Gdim] [B7]
They say this thing, this magic we share together
[Am] [Em] [C] [Cdim]
Came with the weather, too.
[G] [G/E] [Am7] [D7] [G] [G/E] [Am7] [Cdim] [D7]
They say it's May that's made me daft as a daisy;
[Em] [Gdim] [B7] [B7/F#] [Em] [Gdim]
It's May, they say, that gave the whole world
[B7] [Am] [Em] [C] [Cdim]
This crazy, heavenly, hazy hue.
Bridge
[F#7] [B7]
I'm a lark on the wing
[F#7] [Gdim] [F#7]
I'm the spark of a firefly's fling
[Fdim] [C] [Am] [Edim] [G] [E7]
Yet to me, this must be
[C] [C/B] [Am7] [Am7/G] [B7] [Cdim] [D7]
Something more than a sea son al thing.
[G] [G/E] [Am7] [D7] [G] [G/E] [Am7] [Cdim] [D7]
Could it be spring, those bells that I can hear ringing?
[Em] [Gdim] [B7] [B7/F#] [Em] [Gdim] [B7]
It may be spring, but when the robins stop singing
[Cdim] [Em] [B7]
You're what I'm clinging to
[Edim] [G] [G/E] [Am7] [Cdim] [G] [G] [Fdim] [C] [Cdim] [G] [G/B] [Am7] [Cdim]
Though they say it's spring, it's you.
[G] [G/E] [Am7] [D7] [G] [G/E] [Am7] [Cdim] [D7]
If poets sing, that when a heart's sym pa thet ic
[Em] [Gdim] [B7] [B7/F#] [Em] [Gdim] [B7]
It's merely spring, then poets plights are pa thet ic
[Am] [Em] [C] [Cdim]
Though I'm poetic too,
[G] [G/E] [Am7] [D7] [G] [G/E] [Am7] [Cdim] [D7]
They say it's spring for lovers, there's where the lure is,
[Em] [Gdim] [B7] [B7/F#] [Em] [Gdim] [B7]
That evil thing for which Sep tem ber the cure is,
[Am] [Em] [C] [Cdim]
This they are sure is true;
Bridge 2
[F#7] [B7]
Though I know that it's so
[F#7] [Gdim] [F#7]
That my fancy may turn in the spring,
[Fdim] [C] [Am] [Edim] [G] [E7]
With the right one in sight
[C] [C/B] [Am7] [Am7/G] [B7] [Cdim] [D7]
One can find a per pet u al thing.
[G] [G/E] [Am7] [D7] [G] [G/E] [Am7] [Cdim] [D7]
Did I need spring to bring the ring that you bought me?
[Em] [Gdim] [B7] [B7/F#] [Em] [Gdim] [B7]
Thought it was spring that marvelous day that you caught me,
[Cdim] [Em] [B7]
Darling, I thought we knew,
[Edim] [G] [G/E] [Am7] [Cdim] [G] [G] [Fdim] [C] [Cdim] [G] [G/B] [Am7] [Cdim] [G6]
That it wasn't spring, 'twas you.
