C Am F G See that big blue note, over there on the counter C Am F G You don't wanna read that thing, man, it's a real get-you-downer C Am F G But don't you dare say nothin' else, bad about her C Am F G She's gone No, no, no, no, don't, don't throw it away, 'Cause tonight, I might need it It gets real lonely around here at night some times, and I have to reread it Besides, you can show it to the boys down town They won't believe that She's gone Chorus: F Em There used to be a time I was all she ever wanted F G C All the man that she'll ever need F Em I come home to find just like that she's up and vanished F G And the only thing she left behind for me