Key: G
Introduction:
verse 1
G D Em
It ain't no use to sit and wonder why, babe
C G D
It don't matter anyhow
G D Em
And it ain't no use to sit and wonder why, babe
A7 D D7
If you don't know by now.
G G7
When the rooster crows at the break of dawn
C A7
Look out your window and I'll be gone
G D Em C
You're the reason I'm travellin' on
G D G D
Don't think twice, it's alright.
verse 2
G D Em
It ain't no use in turnin' on you light, babe
C G D
A light I never knowed
G D Em
It ain't no use in turnin' on your light, babe
A7 D D7
I'm on the dark side of the road
G G7
Still I wish there were something you would do or say
C A7
To try and make me change my mind and stay
G D Em C
We never did too much talkin' anyway
G D G D
So don't think twice, it's alright.
verse 3
G D Em
I'm walkin' down that long lonesome road, babe
C G D
Where I'm bound, I can't tell
G D Em
Goodbye is too good a word, gal
A7 D D7
So I'll just say, fare thee well.
G G7
I'm not sayin' you treated me unkind
C A7
You could have done better but I don't mind
G D Em C
You just kinda wasted my precious time
G D G D
But don't think twice, it's alright.
verse 4
G D Em
It ain't no use in callin' out my name, gal
C G D
Like you never done before
G D Em
It ain't no use in callin' out my name, gal
A7 D D7
I can't hear you anymore
G G7
I'm a-thinkin' and a-wonderin' all the way down the road
C A7
I once loved a woman, a child I am told
G D Em C
I'd give her my heart but she wanted my soul
G D G D
But don't think twice, it's alright.