Key: C
C
Fm6
Well baby, there you stand
C/G
F/G
With your little head, down in your hand
F
C/E
Dm
C/E
Oh, my God, you can't believe it's happening again
F
C/E
Your baby's gone, and you're all alone
Dm
G7
And it looks like the end.
C
Fm6
And you're back out on the street,
C/E
F/G
G7
And you're tryin' to remember.
F
C/E
How do you start it over?
Dm
C/E
You don't know if you can.
F
C/E
You don't care much for a stranger's touch,
Dm
G7
But you can't hold your man.
Am
E7/G#
You never thought you'd be alone
G
D7/F#
This far down the line
F
Em
And I know what's been on your mind
Dm
G7
C
You're afraid it's all been wasted time.
Bm7
E
Am
The autumn leaves have got you thinking
Bm7
E
Am
About the first time that you fell
Bm7
E
Am
C/G
You didn't love the boy too much, no, no
F
Em
Dm
G7
You just loved the boy too well, farewell.
C
Fm6
So you live from day to day,
C/G
F/G
G7
And you dream about tomorrow, oh,
F
C/E
And the hours go by like minutes
Dm
C/E
And the shadows come to stay
F
C/E
So you take a little something
Dm
G7
To make them go away.
Am
E7/G#
And I could have done so many things, baby
G
D7/F#
If I could only stop my mind
F
Em
From wondrin' what I left behind
Dm
G7
C
And from worrying 'bout this wasted time.
Ab
C
Ooh, another love has come and gone
Ab
C
Dm
C/E
Ooh, and the years keep rushing on
F
C/E
I remember what you told
Dm
C/E
me before you went out on your own:
F
C/E
"Sometimes to keep it together,
Dm
G7
You gotta leave it alone."
Am
E7/G#
So you can get on with your search, baby,
G
D7/F#
And I can get on with mine
F
Em
And maybe someday we will find, that it
Dm
G7
C
Wasn't really wasted time.
Ab
Bb
C
Oh ooooh,
Ab
Bb
C
Oh ooooh,
Ab
Fm
C
Oh ooooh.