Key: G
Introduction:
G
verse 1
G G7M
I've seen love go by my door
C
Never been this close before
G G7M C9
Never seemed so easy or so slow
G G7M
I been shootin' in the dark too long
C
When something's not right it must be wrong
G C9 G
You're gonna make me lonesome when you go
verse 2
G G7M
Dragon clouds so high above
C
I've only known careless love
G G7M C9
An'it always has hit me from below
G G7M
But this time round it's more correct
C
Right on target so direct
G C9 G
You're gonna make me lonesome when you go
verse 3
G G7M
Purple clover Queen Anne lace
C
Crimson hair across your face
G G7M C9
You could make me cry if you don't know
G G7M
Can't remember what I was thinking of
C
You might be spoiling me too much love
G C9 G
You're gonna make me lonesome when you go
Middle 8
C9 G
Flowers on the hillside blooming crazy
C9 G
Crickets talking back and forth in rhyme
A
Blue river running slow and lazy
C9 D7(4)
I could stay with you forever and never realise the time
verse 4
G G7M
Situations have ended sad
C
Relationships have all been bad
G G7M C9
Mine have been like Verlaine's and Rimbaud
G G7M
But there is no way I can compare
C
All them scenes to this affair
G C9 G
You're gonna make me lonesome when you go
Middle 8
C9 G
You're gonna make me wonder what I'm doing
C9 G
Staying far behind without you
A
You're gonna make me wonder what I'm saying
C9 D7(4)
You're gonna make me give myself a good talking to
Verse 5
G G7M
I'll look for you in old Honolula
C
San Francisco, Ashtabula
G G7M C9
You're gonna have to leave me now I know
G G7M
But I'll see you in the sky above
C
In the tall grass, in the ones I love
G C9 G
You're gonna make me lonesome when you go
Outro harp