Graduation Day

Words & Music by Noel Sherman & Joe Sherman
Recorded by The Four Freshmen, 1956


        C        Dm7        C        F
It's a time for joy and a time for tears,

   C         Dm7       C           Cdim     Dm7
A time we'll treasure through the years;

Dm7      G7     C  C/B   Am7 - Am7/G   Fdim
We'll remember al    -   ways

          Dm7   G7   C
Grad - u - a - tion day.


         C    Dm7         C         F
At the senior prom, we danced til three,

 C       Dm7        C     Cdim    Dm7
And you gave your heart to me;

         G7     C  C/B    Am7  Am7/G   Fdim
We'll remember al   -    ways

           Dm7  G7   C
Grad - u - a - tion day.


Bridge:

Gm7        C7        FM7     Cdim
Though we leave in sorrow

Gm7      C7        FM7      F
All the joys we've known,

Am7     D7  G7    G     Fdim(III)
We can face tomorrow

Am7          Cdim    D7     G
Knowing we'll never walk alone.


          C    Dm7      C     F
When the ivy walls are far behind,

     C     Dm7       C        Cdim  -  Dm7
No matter where our paths may wind,

Dm7     G7     C  C/B   Am7 - Am7/G   Fdim
We'll remember al   -   ways

           Dm7   G7   C
Grad - u - a - tion day.


Coda:

 Dm7   G7       C  C/B  Am7 - Am7/G   Fdim
We'll remember al   -   ways

          Dm7   G7   C    Fdim    C
Grad - u - a - tion day.



 
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