Intro:

        (piano bass, octaves:)

        [F]
         / / / /  / / / /

        (band enters:)

        Bb     Dm/A       Gm
        / / / /  / / / /  / / / /  / / / /
               Doot-doo...     (a-why babe, a-why babe)
        Cm                F
        / / / /  / / / /  / / / /  / / / /
               Doot-doo...     (a-why babe, a-why babe)

Verse 1:

        Bb             Dm/A            Gm
        Ain't no use to sit and wonder why, babe (why babe, why babe)
        Eb                  F7
        It don't matter anyhow
                Bb            Dm/A            Gm
        Oh, it ain't no use to sit and wonder why, babe (why babe, why babe)
         C7                     F7
        If-a you don't know by now

                  Bb                   Bb7
        When the rooster crows at the break of dawn
        Eb                           C7
           Look out your window and I'll be gone
         Bb          D7             Gm           Eb
        (You're the reason that I'm    travelin' on)
         Bb           F7             Bb    [1, 2: F7]
        Don't think twice, it's all right

Verse 2:

        Ain't no use in turnin' on your light, babe (why babe, why babe)
        The light I never knowed
        Ain't no use in turnin' on your light, babe (why babe, why babe)
        I'm on the dark side of the road

        And I wish there was something you would do
        To try to make me change my mind and stay
        (We never did too much talkin' anyway)
        Don't think twice, it's all right

Break:

        (scat singing):

        Bb     Dm/A       Gm
        / / / /  / / / /  / / / /  / / / /

        Cm                F
        / / / /  / / / /  / / / /  / / / /

Verse 3:

        I'm walkin' down the long and lonesome road, babe
                        (I'm walkin' down                 road, babe)
        Where I'm bound I can't tell
                 (Where I'm bound    can't tell)
        But goodbye's too good a word to say (why babe, why babe)
        So I'll just say fare-thee-well

        I ain't sayin' you treated me unkind
        You coulda done better but I don't mind
        (You just kinda wasted   my precious time)
        Don't think twice, it's all right

Coda:

        [repeat to fade:]

        Bb     Dm/A       Gm
        / / / /  / / / /  / / / /  / / / /
               Doot-doo...     (a-why babe, a-why babe)
        Cm                F
        / / / /  / / / /  / / / /  / / / /
               Doot-doo...     (a-why babe, a-why babe)