Key: B
Introduction: B F# E F# B F# B
B F#
I've seen love go by my door,
E
It's never been this close before
B F#
Never been so easy or so slow
B A
I've been shooting in the dark too long,
E
When something's not right, it's wrong
B F# B
You're gonna make me lonesome when you go
B F#
Dragon clouds so high above,
E
I've only known careless love
B F#
It always has hit me from below
B A
But this time 'round it's more correct,
E
Right on target, so direct
B F# B
You're gonna make me lonesome when you go
B F#
Purple clover, Queen Anne Lace,
E
Crimson hair across your face
B F#
You could make me cry if you don't know
B A
Can't remember what I was thinking of,
E
You might be spoiling me too much love
B F# B
You're gonna make me lonesome when you go
F# B
Flowers on the hillside blooming crazy
F# B
Crickets talking back and forth in rhyme
C#
Blue river running slow and lazy
E F#
I could stay with you forever, and never realize the time
B F#
Situations have ended sad,
E
Relationships have all been bad
B F#
Mine have been like Verlaine and Rimbaud
B A
But there's no way I can compare
E
All those scenes to this affair
B F# B
You're gonna make me lonesome when you go
F# B
You're gonna make me wonder what I'm doing
F# B
Staying far behind without you
C#
You're gonna make me wonder what I'm saying
E F#
You're gonna make me give myself a good talking to
B F#
I look for you in old Honolula,
E
San Francisco, or Ashtabula
B F#
You're gonna have to leave me now, I know
B A
But I'll see you in the sky above,
E
In the tall grass and the ones I love
B F# B
You're gonna make me lonesome when you go
B F# B
You're gonna make me lonesome when you go
B F# B
You're gonna make me lonesome when you go