Intro: Am C F C Dm Am Dm G Am E F C Dm Em F G 

 Am             C 
Here he lies before me, 
     F               C 
My friend for many years, 
    Dm                Am 
He saved me from the water, 
          Dm            G 
Now I'm drowning in my tears, 
  Am            E            F             C 
Grief is but a poor word for everything I feel, 
           Dm Em  F      G 
There can be no greater love, 

 Am              C                    F            C 
He was there to guide me through the follies of my age, 
Dm              Am             Dm      G 
Always there beside me, everything forgave, 
 Am           E        F             C 
Held me as a father, showing me the way, 
           Dm Em  F      G 
There can be no greater love, 

 Em                              F 
No fear did he have before the storm, 
     Em                           F 
The fate of others was his only thought, 
      Bb                              F 
And though it was the way to certain darkness, 
    Gm              A          Bm F#m G D E Bm Em A Bm F#m G D 
To save my life he gave his own, 

        Em   F#m G       A 
For my life he gave his own, 
           Em   F#m   G       A              D 
And these words are writ in stone, where he lies, 

   A      D                      F#m Bm 
"Greater love hath no man than this, 
        G                Em            A 
That a man lay down his life for his friend," 

   A      D                      F#m Bm 
"Greater love hath no man than this, 
        Em               A             D      A D F#m Bm Em A 
That a man lay down his life for his friend," 

   A      D                      F#m Bm 
"Greater love hath no man than this, 
        G                A             D 
That a man lay down his life for his friend."