Key: A
Introduction:
A D CºA D Fº A
The night is bitter, the stars have lost their glitter
Bm Cº A Bm Fº A
The winds grow colder, and suddenly you're older
D Em F#m Em D Em F#mA G Gº
And all because of the man that got away
Em7 A7 Bm Eº A
No more his eager call, the writing's on the wall
Em A Em7 Eº D Em7 D7M Em7
The dreams you dreamed have all gone astray
D CºA D Fº A
The man that won you has gone off and undone you
Bm CºA Bm Fº A
That great beginning has seen the final inning
D Fº F#m Em D Em F#mA B7
Don't know what happened it's all a crazy game
Em7 A7(9) D6 Eº B7
No more that all-time thrill, for you've been through the mill
G G/F# E7 A7(13) Eº D
And never a new love will be the same
D Em7 D Gº
Good riddance, good-bye
C7 B7 E7 A7(9)
Ev'ry trick of his you're on to
D6 Em7 F#m B7 D9 Em7 Fº A7
But, fools will be fools, and where's he gone to
D Cº A D Fº A
The road gets rougher, it's lonelier and tougher
Bm Cº A Bm Fº A
With hope you burn up, tomorrow he may turn up
D Fº F#m Em D Em F#m A B7
There's just no letup the live-long night and day
G Em7 A4/7 Eº D F#7 B7
Ever since this world began, there is nothing sadder than
G(#5) G6/F# A7(13) Em7 G(#5) G6/F# A7(13) Eº
A one - man woman looking for the man that got away
A7 G/B A Eº D Cº A7 D
The man that got away