[Intro] [fingerpicked acoustic guitar] [Verse 1] [baritone male vocals] If tears were pearls then I would weave a chain of pearls for thee And not a necklace ever worn would half as lovely be Such pearls as I have never found beneath the deepest sea If tears were pearls I'd weave a chain, chain of pearls for thee [Verse 2] If tears were pearls I would not ask a single pearl from thee Nor have to dim thy lovely eyes so sweet with constancy But all the sorrows of my life my happiness should be If only tears were pearls I'd weave a chain of pearls for thee [Verse 3] If tears were pearls then I would weave a chain of pearls for thee And not a necklace ever worn would half as lovely be Such pearls as I'd weave never found beneath the deepest sea If tears were pearls I'd weave a chain, a chain of pearls for thee [Verse 4] If tears were pearls I would not ask a single pearl from thee Nor have to dim thy lovely eyes so sweet with constancy But all the sorrows of my life my happiness should be If only tears were pearls I'd weave a chain of pearls for thee
