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