C   G   C   G

[Verse]
  C        F    C
I wandered by a brookside
           F    G     C
I wandered by a mill
            F        C      Dm7
I could not hear the water
                  G      C
The murmuring was still
                 F        C
But the sound of any grasshopper
               F   G
Or the song of any bird
        C       G/B   Am  G
For the beating of my own heart
        F    G       F
Was the only sound I heard
        C       E7    Am  Em
But the beating of my own heart
        F    G     F
Was the only sound I heard

[Instrumental]
C   Dm   C   G

[Verse]
  C     F         C
I lay beneath the elm tree
              F          G      C
To watch it's long, long shade
          F        C       Dm7
And as it grew the longer
                G      C
I did not feel afraid
           F         C
I listened for a footfall
           F     G
I listened for a word
        C       G/B   Am  G
But the beating of my own heart
        F    G       F
Was the only sound I heard
    C       E7    Am  Em
The beating of my own heart
        F    G       F
Was the only sound I heard

[Instrumental]
C   Dm   C   G
C  F  C      F  G
C  F  C   Dm7   G
C  F  C      F  G
C  G/B  Am  G  F  G  F
C  E7  Am  Em  F  G  F
C   Dm   C   G

[Verse]
     C      F          C
With silent tears fast flowing
             F       G     C
Then someone stood behind
        F      C         Dm7
A hand upon my shoulder
                     G     C
I knew the touch was kind
            F        C
She drew me near and nearer
           F         G
We neither spoke one word
        C       G/B    Am      G
For the beating of our own two hearts
        F    G       F
Was the only sound I heard
        C       E7     Am      Em
But the beating of our own two hearts
        F    G     F
Was the only sound I heard