written by Leonard Cohen and Anjani Thomas
I built my house beside the wood
So I could hear you singing
And it was sweet and it was good
And love was all beginning
Fare thee well my nightingale
'Twas long ago I found you
Now all your songs of beauty fail
The forest closes 'round you
B . . . |E . . . |B/f# . . . |F#7 . B . |
B E
The sun goes down behind a veil
B F#
'Tis now that you would call me
B E
So rest in peace my nightingale
B F# B
Beneath your branch of holly
B E B
Fare thee well my nightingale
B F#
'Twas long ago I found you
B E
Now all your songs of beauty fail
B F# B
The forest closes 'round you
B . . . |E . . . |B . . . |B . F# . |
B . . . |E . . . |B . . . |B F# B . |
Fare thee well my nightingale
I lived but to be near you
Tho' you are singing somewhere still
I can no longer hear you
B . . . |E . . . |B . . .|B F# B .