verse 1 

Cm                          Cm 
Watch the sea so bright and lovely, 

Dm7                     Cm 
Waking depths of tender feeling, 

Ab             Fm       Gm 
Like to you of whom I'm thinking 

Gm7                       Cm 
Till I'm dreaming though awake 

C                   Dm7 
See the lovely dewy garden, 

G7                        C 
Breathing scent of orange blossoms; 

C                         Dm7 
Such a sweet and gracious perfume 

G7                      C 
That it enters in one's heart. 



[Refrão]
Chorus 

C                          Dm7 
And you say "Good-bye, I'm going," 

G7                             Ab 
This poor heart of mine you're leaving, 

Ab                        G  Cm 
Leaving this fair land of loving, 

G7                  C 
Can you bear to not return? 

C             Dm7 
Then leave me not, 

G7                  C 
Nor give to me this torment, 

Fm           Eb    Cm 
Come back to Sorrento, 

G7         C 
That I may live. 


verse 2 
Cm                       Cm 
See the waves of fair Sorrento, 

Dm7                    Cm 
What a treasure lies beneath them! 

Ab                  Fm        Gm 
One through all the world may journey 

Gm7                    Cm 
But may never find the like. 

C                   Dm7 
See the Sirens all around you, 

G7                  C 
Looking on you so enchanted; 

C                     Dm7 
And so dearly do they love you 

G7                             C 
That they fain would kiss your lips. 


[Refrão]

Chorus 

C                          Dm7 
And you say "Good-bye, I'm going," 

G7                             Ab 
This poor heart of mine you're leaving, 

Ab                        G  Cm 
Leaving this fair land of loving, 

G7                  C 
Can you bear to not return? 

C             Dm7 
Then leave me not, 

G7                  C 
Nor give to me this torment, 

Fm           Eb    Cm 
Come back to Sorrento, 

G7         C 
That I may live.