The Nearer The Fountain More Pure The Stream Flows

C/G
You have gone
     Am            G           F
The dark journey that leaves no returning
      C/G                 Am
It's fruitless for me to mourn you
      G         F
But who can help mourning?

[Chorus]

Am                       F
To think of life that did laugh on your face
       G                        C           Em
In the beautiful past, left so desolate now
     Am                        F
When youth seemed immortal, so sweet it did weave
         G       C       Em Am
Heaven's halo around you

[Verse 2]

C/G                                  Am
Earth's hope to deceive, you were the fairest and dearest
G                            F
 Where many were fair, to my heart you were nearest
    C/G                   Am
Thе year has its winter as well as its May
G                              F
 Thе sweetest leave us and the fairest decay

[Refrain]

    Am             G F                          C C/B G F  Em     G F
The nearer the fountain, more pure the stream flows

[Chorus]

Am              C         G  F
To think of life that did laugh on your face
G                               C           Em
In the beautiful past, left so desolate now
     Am                    F
When youth seemed immortal, so sweet it did weave
         G      C        Em Am
Heaven's halo around you

[Bridge]

 C      Em Am
Around you
                   C
Earth's hope to deceive
 Em       Am
Around you
 C        Em
Around you

[Refrain]

               F                             C
The nearer the fountain, more pure the stream flows