Intro: F Dm I live like a nun in a cloister Am G F Solitary, celibate, I hate it Verse: F Dm I live like a monk in an abbey Am G F Ditto, ditto, I hate it Am F D7 Write to me with sentimental effusion Am F D7 Let me revel in romantic illusion Gm Eb C9 Do you still smell of vanilla and spring air? Gm Eb C9 And is my favorite lover's pillar still firm and fair?
Verse: F Dm9 F Dm9 What was there, John, still is there, John F Dm Come soon as you can to my cloister Am E7 Am C7 I've forgotten the feel of your hand F Am Dm E7 Soon we shall walk in Cupid's Grove together Am D7 And we'll fondly survey D7 That promised land C E+ Till then, till then Am F I am as I ever was and ever was C Dm7 And ever shall be C Ab Fm Dbmaj7 C