(Verse 1)
I’ve seen love go [G/F#] by my door
It’s never been this
close before
Never been so
easy or so
slow
Been
shooting in the [G/F] dark too long
When somethin’s not
right it’s wrong
Yer gonna make me
lonesome when you
go
(Verse 2)
Dragon clouds so [G/F#] high above
I’ve only known
careless love
It’s always
hit me from
below
This time around it’s [G/F] more correct
Right on target,
so direct
Yer gonna make me
lonesome when you
go
(Instrumental)
[G/F#]
(Verse 3)
Purple clover, [G/F#] Queen Anne’s Lace
Crimson hair
across your face
You could make me
cry if you don’t
know
Can’t remember what I was [G/F] thinkin’ of
You might be spoilin’ me
too much, love
Yer gonna make me
lonesome when you
go
(Chorus)
Flowers on the hillside, bloomin’
crazy
Crickets talkin’ back and forth in
rhyme
[A/C#] Blue river runnin’ slow and lazy
I could stay with you forever and
never realize the time
(Verse 4)
Situations have [G/F#] ended sad
Relationships have
all been bad
Mine’ve been like
Verlaine’s and Rimbaud
But
there’s no way I [G/F] can compare
All those scenes to
this affair
Yer gonna make me
lonesome when you
go
(Chorus)
Yer gonna make me wonder what I’m
doin’
Stayin’ far behind without
you
[A/C#] Yer gonna make me wonder what I’m sayin’
Yer gonna make me give myself a good
talkin’ to
(Verse 5)
I’ll
look for you in [G/F#] old Honolulu
San Francisco,
Ashtabula
Yer gonna have to
leave me now, I
know
But
I’ll see you in the [G/F] sky above
In the tall grass, in the
ones I love
Yer gonna make me
lonesome when you
go
Yer gonna make me
lonesome when you
go
Yer gonna make me
lonesome when you
go
(Interlude)
[G/F#]
(Outro)
Oooh [G/F] Oooh
Oooh
Oooh
Yer gonna make me
lonesome when you
go