Here's a song I wrote for my friend Sharon's funeral. my wife sang it with me.
http://www.cookingfordads.net/goodnightsharon.mp3
|D A7 | D |
Good night, my friend good night
|F#sus F# |Bmi7 Bmi/A |
just rest and close your eyes
|G A |
your sweet memory
|D/F# Bmi7 |
will help us see
|Emi7 A7 | D |
that this is not goodbye
|D A7 | D |
good night, my friend goodnight
|F#sus F# |Bmi7 Bmi/A |
God's arms will hold you tight
|G A |
till the coming day
|D/F# Bmi7 |
when we shall say
|Emi7 A7 | D |
hello, and all is right
|G A |D/F# Bmi7 |
for you were with us for such a short short time
|Emi7 Asus A | D |
a gift we just getting to know
|G A | Bm7 E7 |
we remember your touch and your sweet, sweet smile
|Emi7 |A7sus A7 | A7sus A7(hold) |
and you willingness to always go the extra mile
|D A7 | D |
Good night my friend, sleep well
|F#sus F# |Bmi7 Bmi/A |
the stories you will tell
|G A |
till we come to you
|D/F# Bmi7 |
when time is through
|Emi7 A7 | D |
and there are no more farewells
|G A |D/F# Bmi7 |
for you were with us for such a short short time
|Emi7 Asus A | D |
a gift we just getting to know
|G A | Bm7 E7 |
we remember your touch and your sweet, sweet smile
|Emi7 |A7sus A7 | A7sus A7(hold) |
and you willingness to always go the extra mile
|D A7 | D |
Good night, Sharon, Good night
|F#sus F# |Bmi7 Bmi/A |
this isn't our goodbye
|G A |
as the dawn awakes
|D/F# Bmi7 |
this time of ache
|Emi7 A7 | D |
will end when with christ we Arise
I've written music professionally for 20 years. I'm a graduate of the Eastman School of Music and have written music for Target, Best Buy, Pepsi, McDonald's, Marshall Fields and many more. In 2004 I won an Emmy for my work with Gannett.
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