Key: C
Introduction:
C Fm6
Well baby, there you stand
C/G F/G
With your little head, down in your hand
F C/E Dm C/E
Oh, my God, you can' t believe it' s happening again
F C/E
Your baby' s gone, and you' re all alone
Dm G7
And it looks like the end.
C Fm6
And you' re back out on the street,
C/E F/G G7
And you' re tryin' to remember.
F C/E
How do you start it over?
Dm C/E
You don' t know if you can.
F C/E
You don' t care much for a stranger' s touch,
Dm G7
But you can' t hold your man.
Am E7/G#
You never thought you' d be alone
G D7/F#
This far down the line
F Em
And I know what' s been on your mind
Dm G7 C
You' re afraid it' s all been wasted time.
Bm7 E Am
The autumn leaves have got you thinking
Bm7 E Am
About the first time that you fell
Bm7 E Am C/G
You didn' t love the boy too much, no, no
F Em Dm G7
You just loved the boy too well, farewell.
C Fm6
So you live from day to day,
C/G F/G G7
And you dream about tomorrow, oh,
F C/E
And the hours go by like minutes
Dm C/E
And the shadows come to stay
F C/E
So you take a little something
Dm G7
To make them go away.
Am E7/G#
And I could have done so many things, baby
G D7/F#
If I could only stop my mind
F Em
From wondrin' what I left behind
Dm G7 C
And from worrying ' bout this wasted time.
Ab C
Ooh, another love has come and gone
Ab C Dm C/E
Ooh, and the years keep rushing on
F C/E
I remember what you told
Dm C/E
me before you went out on your own:
F C/E
"Sometimes to keep it together,
Dm G7
You gotta leave it alone."
Am E7/G#
So you can get on with your search, baby,
G D7/F#
And I can get on with mine
F Em
And maybe someday we will find, that it
Dm G7 C
Wasn' t really wasted time.
Ab Bb C
Oh ooooh,
Ab Bb C
Oh ooooh,
Ab Fm C
Oh ooooh.