| A5 | | G5 | D | (rest) | | | Little one, little one, bitter wind blown |
| A5 | | G5 | A5 | (rest) | | | Little one, little one, bitter wind blown |
| A5 | | G5 | D | (rest) | | | Little one, little one, bitter wind blown |
| A5 | | G5 | A5 | (rest) | | | Little one, little one, bitter wind blown |
| A5 | A5 | (skip) | | | | | | | (skip) |
| A5 | | G5/A | | | | | Sun barely rising a-bove the hor-izon |
| A5 | | G5/A | D5 | | | | Little one, little one, bitter wind blown |
| A5 | A5 | C5 | D5 | | | | Flowers are withering, naked bark brittle oh, |
| A5 | A5 | G5 | A5 | | | | Little one, little one, bitter wind blown |
| A5 | A5 | C5 | D5 | | | | Don't understand why the light would abandon us, |
| A5 | A5 | G5 | D5 | | | | Little one, little one, bitter wind blown |
| A5 | A5 | C5 | D5 | | | And | I don't know how much more he may demand of us |
| A5 | A5 | G5 | A5 | | | | Little one, little one, bitter wind blown |
| Dm | Dm | C | C | | | | Sun, | sailing a - | way | I don't know |
| C | C | G | G | | | | Where... | I don’t know why… |
| Dm | Dm | C | C | | | | Sky, | darkening | grey, | wishing there |
| C | C | G | G | | | | weren’t so man-y good - byes... |
| C | G | Am | Am | Am | | | little one, little one why... |
| G | Am | Am | Am | Am | | | little one why... |
| A5 | A5 | C5 | D5 | | | | Asking me | questions I | don't have the answers to |
| A5 | A5 | G5 | D5 | | | | Little one, little one, bitter wind blown |
| A5 | A5 | C5 | D5 | | | | Watching you shiver, and I dont know what to do |
| A5 | A5 | G5 | A5 | | | | Little one, little one, bitter wind blown |
| A5 | A5 | C5 | D5 | | | | Maybe if we did the dance said the words just right |
| A5 | A5 | G5 | D5 | | | | Little one, little one, bitter wind blown |
| A5 | A5 | C5 | D5 | | | | Maybe he'd come back may-be things would be all right | t |
| A5 | A5 | G5 | A5 | | | | Little one, little one, bitter wind blown |
| Dm | Dm | C | C | | | | Sun, | sailing a - | way | I don't know |
| C | C | G | G | | | | Where... | I don’t know why… |
| Dm | Dm | C | C | | | | Sky, | darkening | grey, | wishing there |
| C | C | G | G | | | | weren’t so man-y good - byes... |
| C | G | Am | Am | Am | | | little one, little one why... |
| G | Am | Am | Am | | | | little one why... |
| G | Am | | | | | | little one why... |