Verse
C# F# A#m C#
In your garden, in your bed
C# F# A#m C#
Tell me why, oh, why you left
C# F# A#m C#
Lit a fire in my head
C# F# A#m C#
Tell me why, oh, why you left
[Chorus]
F#m7/F F# C#
'Cause when I'm gone, I'm gonna tell you why
F#m7/F F# C#
When I'm gone, I'm gonna tell you why
F#m7/F F# C#
When I'm gone, I'm gonna tell you why
F# A#m
When I'm gone, I'm gonna tell you
C#
'Bout my other lover
A#m F#
You never wrote to me
C#
And oh, my other
A#m F#
You never wrote
C#
Oh, my other
F# A#m
You never called for me
C#
And oh, my other
[Post-Chorus]
F#m7/F C# A#m
Never let me go, oh
F#m7/F C#
Woah-oh-oh-oh
G#
Oh-oh-oh
[Verse 2]
C# F# A#m C#
Cut me out and pull the thread
C# F# A#m C#
Tell me something sweet instead
C# F# A#m C#
These old flowers faded red
C# F# A#m C#
Why come back and leave again?
[Chorus]
F#m7/F F# C#
'Cause when I'm gone, I'm gonna tell you why
F#m7/F F# C#
When I'm gone, I'm gonna tell you why
F#m7/F F# C#
When I'm gone, I'm gonna tell you why
F# A#m
When I'm gone, I'm gonna tell you
C#
'Bout my other lover
A#m F#
You never wrote to me
C#
And oh, my other
A#m F#
You never wrote
C#
Oh, my other
F# A#m
You never called for me
C#
And oh, my other
[Bridge]
A#m F# C#
I am sideways
A#m F# C#
Counting down to the mess you made
A#m F# C#
Well, it's somehow too late
[Chorus]
F#m7/F F# C#
'Cause when I'm gone, I'm gonna tell you why
F#m7/F F# C#
When I'm gone, I'm gonna tell you why
F#m7/F F# C#
When I'm gone, I'm gonna tell you why
F# A#m
When I'm gone, I'm gonna tell you
C#
'Bout my other lover
A#m F#
You never wrote to me
C#
And oh, my other
A#m F#
You never wrote
C#
Oh, my other
F# A#m
You never called for me
C#
And oh, my other
[Post-Chorus]
F#m7/F C# A#m
Never let me go, oh
F#m7/F C#
Woah-oh-oh-oh
G#
Oh-oh-oh