Intro:
Em Em Em Em 


Chorus:
                             C                                                D                                              
Just like the white winged dove Sings a song Sounds like she”s singing
Em                         Em
Whoo… whoo… whoo…
                             C                                                D                                              
Just like the white winged dove Sings a song Sounds like she”s singing
Em                         Em
Whoo… whoo… whoo…

Verse:
                    C                                D
And the days go by Like a strand in the wind…
              Em                                    Em
In the web that is my own I begin again
  C                                            D                    Em         Em
Said to my friend, baby Nothin” else mattered
 C                           D               Em            Em
He was no more… than a baby then
             C                                                    D                             Em          Em
Well he… seemed broken hearted Something within him
               C                           D               Em                     Em
But the moment that I first laid Eyes on him. all alone…
                  C          D           Em       Em
On the edge of… seventeen

Chorus:
                             C                                                D                                              
Just like the white winged dove Sings a song Sounds like she”s singing
Em                         Em
Whoo… whoo… whoo…
                             C                                                D                                              
Just like the white winged dove Sings a song Sounds like she”s singing
Em                         Em
Whoo… whoo… whoo…

Verse:
               C                D                                       Em            Em
I went today… maybe I will go again… Tomorrow
                   C                                  D                         Em     Em
And the music there it was hauntingly…Familiar
             C                                       D                                     
And I see you doing…What I try to do for me
                    Em                                                Em
With the words from a poet…And the voice from a choir
                C        D                           Em                        Em
And a melody… nothing else mattered 

Chorus:
                             C                                                D                                              
Just like the white winged dove Sings a song Sounds like she”s singing
Em                         Em
Whoo… whoo… whoo…
                             C                                                D                                              
Just like the white winged dove Sings a song Sounds like she”s singing
Em                         Em
Whoo… whoo… whoo…

Bridge:
       Em                          Em                            Em
The clouds… never expect it…When it rains
               Em                          C                       C                              C      C
But the sea changes colours…But the sea…Does not change
       Em                      Em                     Em          Em
And so… with the slow…graceful flow…Of age
C                         C              C                   C                       C                C         C
I went forth… with an age old…Desire… to please On the edge of… seventeen


Breakdown: go back to intro on A string


Chorus:
                             C                                                D                                              
Just like the white winged dove Sings a song Sounds like she”s singing
Em                         Em
Whoo… whoo… whoo…
                             C                                                D                                              
Just like the white winged dove Sings a song Sounds like she”s singing
Em                         Em
Whoo… whoo… whoo…

Verse:
                       C                                 D                                                Em    Em
Well then suddenly there was no one left standin in the hall
                                C                                      D                                                Em       Em
Yeah Yeah, in a flood of tears that no one really ever heard fall at all
                           C                                                      D
Well I went searchin for an answer up the stairs and down the hall
Em                                           Em                                                       C          D
Not to find an answer but just to hear the call of a night bird
               Em                                         Em
Singin come away, come away, come away

Chorus:
                             C                                                D                                              
Just like the white winged dove Sings a song Sounds like she”s singing
Em                         Em
Whoo… whoo… whoo…
                             C                                                D                                              
Just like the white winged dove Sings a song Sounds like she”s singing
Em                         Em
Whoo… whoo… whoo…

Bridge:
            Em                           D                   Em                   D
Well I hear you in the mornin” and I hear you at nightfall
          Em                             D            Em            D               C         D               Em   Em
And sometimes to be near you is to be unable to hear you     my love
                                C                       D         Em   Em
I”m a few years older than you    my love

Chorus:
                             C                                                D                                              
Just like the white winged dove Sings a song Sounds like she”s singing
Em                                  Em   Em (hold)
Ooo baby..ooo…said ooo