G5
When I was young and went to school
D5
They taught me how to write
To take the chalk and make a mark
G5
And hope it turns out right
Well that's the way it is with love
G5 C5
And what you did to me
G5
I wrote it so you'd know
D5 G5
That I was yours eternal-ly.
CHORUS
G5
But my tears have washed I love you
D5
>From the Blackboard of my heart
It's too late to clean the slate
G5
And make another start
I'm satisfied the way things are
G5 C5
Although we're far a-part
G5
My tears have washed I love you from
D5 G5
The Blackboard of my heart.
If you'd been true the way you should
And not have gone astray
These tears would not have fallen down
And washed the words away
No need to talk, 'cause if the chalk
Should write those words again
It will be for someone else
Not things that might have been.
CHORUS