Believe Me If All Those Endearing Young Charms

     
These are the same chords played by Andy Taylor, 
while accompanying Rafe Hollister
On "The Andy Griffith Show"



        C                     F              Dm               
    Believe me, if all those endearing young charms
            C          G      C
    Which I gaze on so fondly today,
            C                      F           Dm                  
    Were to change by tomorrow and fleet in my arms,
         Am          G      C
    Like fairy wings fading away 
                                          F           C
    Thou wouldst still be adored, as this moment thou art,  
                       G          C
    Let thy loveliness fade as it will;
                                  F          Dm
    And around the dear ruin each wish of my heart
          C              G         C
    Would entwine itself fervently still.


          C                    F               Dm 
    It is not while beauty and youth are thine own,
            C                 G    C
    And thy cheeks unprofaned by a tear,
                                   F           Dm  
    That the fervor and faith of a soul can be known,
             Am                 G         C
    To which time will but make thee more dear.
                                       F        C
    No, the heart that has truly loved never forgets,
                       G         C
    But as truly loves on to the close:
                                  F           Dm
    As the sunflower turns on her God when He sets
        C         G                        C
    The same look which she turned when He rose.