| 1976 | |
| So many people have asked for this song that I decided to put it up. I really |
| didn't want to because it's all piano, but I guess I will finally have to do it. |
| Have fun with it! |
| Verse 1: |
| C | Fm6 | |
| Well, baby, there you | stand |
| C/G | F | G7 | |
| with your little head down in your | hand. |
| F | Am7 | Dm | Am7 | |
| Oh my God, you | can't believe it's | happening again. |
| F | Am7 | Dm | F | G7 | |
| Your | baby's gone and you're | all alone and it | looks like the | end. |
| Verse 2: |
| (repeat verse 1 chords above) |
| And you're back out on the street |
| and you're tryin' to remember. |
| How do you start it over? You don't know if you can. |
| You don't care much for a stranger's touch but you can't hold your man. |
| Chorus: |
| Am | E/G# | |
| You never thought you'd | be alone |
| G | D/F# | |
| this far down the | line |
| F | Em | |
| and | I know what's been on your | mind, |
| Dm | F | G7 | C | |
| you're a | fraid it's all been | was | ted | time. |
| Bridge: |
| Bm7 | E7 | Am | |
| The autumn | leaves have got you | thinking |
| Bm7 | E7 | Am | |
| about the | first time that you | fell. |
| Bm7 | E7 | Am | C/G | |
| You didn't | love the bo | y too much | , no no, |
| F | C/G | Fm6 | F | G | G7 | |
| you just | lov | ed the boy | too well_ | ___ | er- | well |
| Verse 3: |
| (same as verse 1) |
| So you live from day to day |
| and you dream about tomorrow, oh. |
| And the hours go by like minutes and the shadows come to stay. |
| So ya take a little something to make them go away. |
| Chorus: |
| (same as above chorus) |
| And I could have done so many things, baby, |
| if I could only stop my mind |
| from wond'rin' what I left behind |
| and from worryin' bout this wasted time. |
| Ab | C | |
| Ooh, another love has come and | gone. |
| Ab | C | |
| Ooh, and the years keep rushing | on. |
| F | Am7 | Dm | Am7 | |
| I re | member what you to | ld me before yo | u went out on your | own: |
| F | Am7 | Dm | G7 | |
| sometimes to | keep it togethe | r we got to | leave it alone. |
| Chorus: |
| (same as above) |
| So you can get on with your search, baby, |
| and I can get on with mine. |
| And maybe someday we will find |
| Dm | F | G7 | C | Am7 | F | C/G | |
| that it | wasn't really | was | ted | time. |
| Ab | C | Am7 | F | C/G | Ab | Fm6 | C | |
| CHORDS: |
| Fm6 1x0111 (barre the 1-3 string 1st fret, thumb 6th string) |
| Ab | 466544 | |
| C/G | 3x2010 |
| E/G# 4x2400 |
| D/F# 200232 (thumb 6th string) |