C                                         Am
Early in the mornin', before the crack of dawn.
                 C                       Am
I'm sitting here thinking, oh, why was I born?
              F                        G7
I'm so broken hearted, I just can't go on.
                  C                         Am  
Since you've been gone...(since you've been gone.)
                  C                         Am
Since you've been gone...(since you've been gone.)


[Verse 2]
Am           C                     Am
Now I was so happy, with you by my side.
                C                        Am
You told me you loved me, but honey, you lied.
                 F                    G7
You left me here crying, how can I go on?
                  C                         Am  
Since you've been gone...(since you've been gone.)
                  C                         Am
Since you've been gone...(since you've been gone.)


[Chorus]
Fm                             C
The night seems like a million years..
Fm                            C
waitin' till the break of day appears.
D
All night long weeping like a willow,
Dm7
tossing and turning on my tear-stained pillow,
G                               G7
guess I'm gonna drown in my own tears.


[Verse 3]
G7            C                       Am
I'm gonnna go walking by the railroad track.
                       C                       Am
I'm just gonna let the Choo-Choo, cross over my back.
                 F                G7
Life ain't worth living, can't go on..
                  C                         Am  
Since you've been gone...(since you've been gone.)
                  C                         Am
Since you've been gone...(since you've been gone.)


[Interlude]
(SAX:)


[Chorus]
D
All night long weeping like a willow,
Dm7
tossing and turning on my tear-stained pillow,
G                               G7
guess I'm gonna drown in my own tears.


[Verse 4]
G7            C                       Am
I'm gonnna go walking by the railroad track.
                       C                       Am
I'm just gonna let the Choo-Choo, cross over my back.
                 F                G7
Life ain't worth living, can't go on..
                  C                         Am  
Since you've been gone...(since you've been gone.)
                  C                         Am
Since you've been gone...(since you've been gone.)


[Outro]
                  C                         Am  
Since you've been gone...(since you've been gone.)
                  C                         Am
Since you've been gone...(since you've been gone.)