I Cannot Be Your Sweetheart(Chords)

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    Last night I told my heart's love all under the pale blue sky, 
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    eagerly waiting an answer I plainly could read in her eyes. 
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    I love you, sweetheart, I love, and ask you to be my bride, 
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    her face turned pale and she trembled, and sadly to me she replied 

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I cannot be your sweetheart, I cannot stay by your side, 
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one is waiting up yonder, one that's claiming his bride. 
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My heart is almost broken, your vows only add to my pain, 
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I love you, sweetheart, I love you, though we may never meet again. 

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    We said goodbye in the moonlight, my heart was turned to stone, 
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    one blissful hour was made happy, but now I'm sad and lone. 
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    Amidst my sorrows forever, though you may go far away, 
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    where ever you go I love you, but still I can hear you say
	        

Written by A.P. Carter