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Intermediate
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Performance @ Tower Records
Key: C
πΈ Verse 1:
C D9 G7
Now won't you listen honey while I say
C D7 G7
How could you tell me that you're going away
E7 Am E7 Am
Don't say that we must part
D7 G7 D7 G7
Don't break my aching heart
πΈ Verse 2:
C D7 G7
You know I've loved you truly many years
C7 F
I've loved you night and day
F Fm C
How could you tell it to me honey, can't you see my tears
D7 G7 C C7
Now listen while I say
πΈ Chorus 1:
F Fm
After you've gone, and left me cryin'
C A7
After you've gone
there's no denyin'
D9 G7
You feel blue, you feel sad
C C7
You miss the bestest pal you ever had
F Fm
There'll come a time, now don't forget it
C A7
There'll come a time
when you'll regret it
Dm A7 Dm Fm
Someday when you grow lonely
C E7 Am Cdim
Your heart will break like mine and you'll want me only
C G7 C C7
After you've gone
after you've gone away
πΈ Chorus 2:
F Fm
After you've gone, after the break up
C A7
After you've gone, you are gonna wake up
D9 G7
And you will find that you were blind
C C7
To let somebody come and change your mind
F Fm
After the years that we've been together
C A7
The joy and all the tears, in all types of weather
D9 G7
Someday when you're down-hearted
C C7
You'll long to be with me right back where we started
C G7 C C7
After you've gone, after you've gone away
πΈ Outro:
F Fm
Oh babe think what you're doin'
C A7
You know my love for you will drive me to ruin
C G7 C C7
After you've gone, after you've gone away
Song History
Published: May 1, 2024
Last Updated: March 3, 2026