G C G D7


[Verse 1]
G
I once had a true love
C
I thought it would last
G
How could I know
                     D7
That it would go so fast
G
A love like a holiday
C
Tender and kind
  G             D7           G
And I let it whither on the vine


[Verse 2]
G
Where did it run to
C
Where did it go
G
How could I let it
                        D7
Slip through my fingers so
G
For it was a real love
C
And rare and fine
G             D7             G
And I let it whither on the vine


[Chorus]
         C
But the hardest pill

To swallow is still
          G
Not the reason for your leaving

But the way I let it happen
          C
Now I'm counting the cost
                              G
Of the loss of what was once mine
              D7           G
That I let whither on the vine


[Verse 3]
G
I once had a true love
C
I thought it would last
G
How could I know
                     D7
That it would go so fast
G
A love like a holiday
C
Tender and kind
G             D7            G
And I let it whither on the vine