12 October 2021

Up by the Wye

9-10 May 2010  


Words and music by Richard Homer 


4/4 93 bpm Intro Em Am Bm Em, Am Bm Am E, Am Bm Am G, Bm B Em 


Em Am Bm Em 

Thinking / back to when / you were / here 

Em Am Bm Em 

watching autumn / cloud, the / rain / appear 

Am Bm 

the quiet aircraft / going on by 

Am Em Bm Em 

the walk // along the / banks of the / Wye 

Am Em Am Em 

oh / yeah, oh / yeah 


On the sofa / with your books, / or the farmhouse / hike 

in quiet way / on your / now rusting / bike; 

the Talgarth glider, the / kite up high 

the chinking of the / oxbow / water of the / Wye

oh / yeah, oh / yeah 


The October / house in / warm, bright / air 

the two dogs / on the / patio / there 

watching your new / garden appear 

the apple trees you / put in now / in top / gear

oh / yeah, oh / yeah 


Ch, extra 


The chapel of / rest in / Glasbury / where 

you lay / quiet in the / cool April / air; 

the Hereford taut emotion / biting within

the goodbye / dinner in the / Llyswen / inn

oh / yeah, oh / yeah 


It’s three / years since / I went / back; 

he’s still / there, mind and / body on / track 

gardening, newspaper, / concert, walk 

I phone once a / month from / here to / talk

oh / yeah, oh / yeah 


Ch 

Am Bm, Am Bm 

Up by the / Wye, up by the / Wye 

Am Em 

where we had a / last goodbye 

or a hug, a kiss, the / last goodbye 

Am Em Bm Em 

on the / porch of the / house by the / Wye 

Am G Em, Am G Em, Bm B Em 


Am Bm 

but when I go by the / apple tree 

Am Em Bm Em 

I think / maybe you are / back here with / me

Am Em Am Em 

oh / yeah, oh / yeah 


Extra 

Bm Am G 

Going / back in / time 

Bm Am G 

going / back in / time 

B flat A flat G 

when / you were / here 

B flat G B flat G 

were / here, were / here 


Bm B Em Ending Em Am Bm Em, Em Am Bm Em high