The Nearer The Fountain, The More Pure The Stream Flows

[Intro]
E   F#m  D   A
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[Verse 1]
E
You have gone
     F#m           E               D
The dark journey that leaves no returning

    E                      F#m
It's fruitless for me to mourn you
     E              D
But who can help mourning?

[Chorus]
F#m                        D
To think of life that did laugh on your face
E                                 A          C#m
In the beautiful past, left so desolate now....
            F#m                 D
When youth seemed immortal, so sweet it did weave
E                 A      C#m F#m
Heaven's halo around you.......

[Verse 2]
E                                  F#m
Earth's hope to deceive, you were the fairest and dearest
E                              D
..Where many were fair, to my heart you were nearest
    E              A        F#m         E
Th? year has its winter as well as its May
                                 D
Th? sweetest leave us and the fairest decay

[Refrain]
      F#m      E     D                         A  G#m  E  D  C#m  F#m  E  D
The nearer the fountain, more pure the stream flows........................

[Chorus]
F#m                        D
To think of life that did laugh on your face
E                                 A          C#m
In the beautiful past, left so desolate now
            F#m                 D
When youth seemed immortal, so sweet it did weave
E                 A      C#m F#m
Heaven's halo around you

[Bridge]

  A     C#m F#m
Around you....
                  A   
Earth's hope to deceive
   C#m    F#m
Around you
       A      
Around you

[Refrain]
     C#m          D                             F#m
The nearer the fountain, more pure the stream flows