Standard (EADGBE)
When I'm gone
Hear my song
no need to wonder if I ever think of you
still think of me the way you've come to think of me
the same moon shines, the same wind blows
the nights grow long, but dreams live on
for both of us when time is but a paper moon -
just close your pretty eyes and you can be with me -
be not gone
Dream on! (Chorus in Japanese repeat)
Though I'm gone it's just as though
I hold the flower that touches you
a new life grows
the blossom knows there's no one else
could warm my heart as much as you
be not gone
Chorus
Let us cling together as the years go by
oh my love my love
In the quiet of the night
let our candle always burn
let us never lose the lessons we have learned.
Teo toriatte konomama iko
aisuruhito yo
Shizukana yoi ni
Hikario tomoshi
itoshiki oshieo idaki (after 2nd verse go to bridge)
When I'm gone they'll say we were all fools
but we don't understand
Oh be strong don't turn your heart
We're all you're all we're all for all for always