You Were Gone

Intro: Bb Gm Bb Gm Eb (x2)

Verse 1:
              Bb         Eb
Mm, can't you tell by my face
          Cm              F
There are things I try to erase?
            Bb
Memories of nothin'
            Cm              F
But for the money's worth I paid
       Bb                Eb
I woke up and you sat me down
           Cm             F
Said, "The future is over now"
                 Bb
And memories are nothin'
            Cm              F
And there's no life left to see

Chorus:
F                     Bb                   Eb
A tree carvin' of our names left high and alone
F                     Bb                     Eb
Nothin' ever seems to stay that way, not for too long
F                          Bb                   Eb
Where were you? Oh, when I needed you, you were gone
Bb                          F
When I needed you, you were gone

Interlude: Bb Gm Bb Gm Eb

Verse 2:
          Bb            Eb
Mm, not a trace of that wreck
          Cm             F
I took a topple from the day
    Bb            Cm               F
And gathered in a ball beneath the sea
        Bb                  Eb
But the hand that pulled me through
    Cm                      F
The center of the night was you
      Bb             Cm                  F
Why I floated, why I reached towards the moon

Chorus:
F                     Bb                   Eb
A tree carvin' of our names left high and alone
F                     Bb                     Eb
Nothin' ever seems to stay that way, not for too long
F                          Bb                   Eb
Where were you? Oh, when I needed you, you were gone
Bb                          F     Bb  Eb
When I needed you, you were gone

Post-chorus:
      Bb                          F     Bb  Eb
(Ooh) When I needed you, you were gone
      Bb                          F      Bb Eb
(Ooh) When I needed you, you were gone, mm
(Ooh)

Bridge:
Bb                  Gm
How about I turn it off?
Bb                            Gm
Just flip the switch and walk away
Cm                 Bb
Every story has an ending
          F              Gm
Then it's not our job to stay
    Bb                    Gm
Now, how about we turn it off?
        Eb
Just forget it like it's gone
         F                             Bb Eb
We'll forget about the way you turn me on

Outro:
      Bb                          F
Yeah, when I needed you, you were gone
Bb                  Eb
(When I needed you, when I needed you)
Bb                          F
When I needed you, you were gone
         Bb             Eb
You were gone, you were gone

Outro:
   Bb Gm Bb Gm Eb (x2)
   Bb
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