Verse
E A C#m E
In your garden, in your bed
E A C#m E
Tell me why, oh, why you left
E A C#m E
Lit a fire in my head
E A C#m E
Tell me why, oh, why you left
[Chorus]
Am7/G# A E
'Cause when I'm gone, I'm gonna tell you why
Am7/G# A E
When I'm gone, I'm gonna tell you why
Am7/G# A E
When I'm gone, I'm gonna tell you why
A C#m
When I'm gone, I'm gonna tell you
E
'Bout my other lover
C#m A
You never wrote to me
E
And oh, my other
C#m A
You never wrote
E
Oh, my other
A C#m
You never called for me
E
And oh, my other
[Post-Chorus]
Am7/G# E C#m
Never let me go, oh
Am7/G# E
Woah-oh-oh-oh
B
Oh-oh-oh
[Verse 2]
E A C#m E
Cut me out and pull the thread
E A C#m E
Tell me something sweet instead
E A C#m E
These old flowers faded red
E A C#m E
Why come back and leave again?
[Chorus]
Am7/G# A E
'Cause when I'm gone, I'm gonna tell you why
Am7/G# A E
When I'm gone, I'm gonna tell you why
Am7/G# A E
When I'm gone, I'm gonna tell you why
A C#m
When I'm gone, I'm gonna tell you
E
'Bout my other lover
C#m A
You never wrote to me
E
And oh, my other
C#m A
You never wrote
E
Oh, my other
A C#m
You never called for me
E
And oh, my other
[Bridge]
C#m A E
I am sideways
C#m A E
Counting down to the mess you made
C#m A E
Well, it's somehow too late
[Chorus]
Am7/G# A E
'Cause when I'm gone, I'm gonna tell you why
Am7/G# A E
When I'm gone, I'm gonna tell you why
Am7/G# A E
When I'm gone, I'm gonna tell you why
A C#m
When I'm gone, I'm gonna tell you
E
'Bout my other lover
C#m A
You never wrote to me
E
And oh, my other
C#m A
You never wrote
E
Oh, my other
A C#m
You never called for me
E
And oh, my other
[Post-Chorus]
Am7/G# E C#m
Never let me go, oh
Am7/G# E
Woah-oh-oh-oh
B
Oh-oh-oh