E                            A            E
I've travelled together with cold hearted people
                                  B
Far from my home by the beautiful sea
E                                A           E
I've travelled along through all sorrows and dangers
                        B      E
But how could I ever be single again?

[Chorus]
E             A      E               B
So talk to me softly before you must leave me
E          A          E            B
Talk to me gently but say what you will
E                          A          E
I think of you often, glad memories recalling
                        B      E
But how could I ever be single again?

[Verse 2]
E                            A            E
I've lived all alone beneath cold wintеrs shadow
E                                        B
I've sat near the brook whеre we used to lay
E                       A            E
I'll never get over how suddenly you left me
                        B      E
But how could I ever be single again?

[Chorus]
E             A        E          B
So talk to me tenderly as you are leaving
E          A          E            B
Talk to me gently but say what you must
E                         A          E
I think of you often glad memories recalling
                      B      E
But how could ever be single again?

[Chorus]
E             A      E               B
So talk to me softly before you must leave me
E          A          E            B
Talk to me gently but say what you will
E                          A          E
I think of you often, glad memories recalling
                        B      E
But how could I ever be single again?