Chords
When Your Lover Has Gone

Key: G

Introduction:

Gm                            Cm/G                         Gm                    Ebm6  
For ages and ages,            the poets and sages
            Gm                                    D7                    Gm    D7  
Of              love won d'rous love              always sing
          G7                 C9               Bb7                            Bbº  
But ask any lover and         you'll soon discover
A7            D                              A7  Bbº         Cm6  
The heartaches that romance can bring
             Gm                            Cm/G                         Gm                            Ebm6  
What good is the scheming, the planning and dreaming
      Gm                                 D7                    Gm    D7  
That    comes with each new              love affair
             G7                                 C9                        Bb7                            Bbº  
The love that you cherish, so                    often might perish
A7         D                                 A7  Bbº                    Cm6  
And leaves you with castles                    in air
Chorus
G  Bm                    G7    G6    Gm            Bb5+              Bb            C7            C  
When    you're alone,                      who cares for starlit skies
A7                 Bbº            A7  Cm            Eb5+    Cm7            Cm6                 G  
When you're              alone,                 the magic moonlight dies
                        B7      Em    A7                            F#m      A7    G                      A9         D5+              G      Abm6  D7  F#7  G  
At break of      dawn, there is no sunrise,              when your lover has gone
  Bm              G7    G6      Gm            Bb5+      Bb              C7      C  
What lonely hours,                 the evening shadows bring
A7                 Bbº            A7    Cm              Eb5+      Cm7            Cm6  
What lonely                 hours,                 with mem'ries lingering
G                 B7    Em            Cm6                      D7           E7+      E7  
Like faded flow'rs,                 life can't mean    anything
Am                      Eb7      D7         G    Eb7  D9  D5+  
When your lover    has              gone
G  Bm                    G7    G6    Gm            Bb5+              Bb            C7            C  
When    you're alone,                      who cares for starlit skies
A7                 Bbº            A7  Cm            Eb5+    Cm7            Cm6                 G  
When you're              alone,                 the magic moonlight dies
                        B7      Em    A7                            F#m      A7    G                      A9         D5+              G         Abm6  D7  F#7  G  
At break of      dawn, there is no sunrise,                 when your lover has gone
  Bm              G7    G6      Gm            Bb5+      Bb              C7      C  
What lonely hours,                 the evening shadows bring
A7                 Bbº            A7    Cm              Eb5+      Cm7         Cm6  
What lonely                 hours,                 with memories lingering
G                 B7    Em            Cm6                      D7           E7+      E7  
Like faded flow'rs,                 life can't mean    anything
Am                      Eb7      D7         G    G7  A7  Eb7  G  
When your lover    has              gone

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