| Bb | Dm | Eb | F | Bb | |
| Everyt | ime you l | eave you t | ear the soul from m | e |
| Bb | F | Bb | F | |
| I die a little | more each time we | part |
| Bb | Dm | Eb | F | Bb | |
| I can't | control my | dreams my | heart can't seem to | learn |
| F | Bb | |
| To run and lock it's | door when you r | eturn |
| F7 | Bb | |
| I | know that you'll come | back again |
| F7 | Bb | |
| As s | oon as you get | blue |
| F7 | Bb | |
| And | I know what will h | appen then |
| C7 | Cm | F | |
| One k | iss and I'll give | in to | you |
| Bb | Dm | Eb | F | Bb | |
| Everyt | ime you | leave you | tear the soul from | me |
| F | |
| But I want to live so | I'll forgive |
| Bb | |
| Everytime you l | eave |
| SOLO |
| C | Em | F | G | C | |
| Every | time you | leave you | tear the soul from | me |
| G | |
| But I want to live so | I'll forgive |
| C | |
| Everytime you l | eave |
| From The Blue Kentucky Girl LP |
| Warner Brothers Records 1979 |
| Acuff-Rose Publications (BMI) |