Originally in C capo 4, I play in C capo 5.
| C | C | G | G | Am | Am/G |
| F | F/E | C/G | C/G | G | G |
| C | C | ||||
| C | G | Am | |
| It | ain’t no use to s | it and wonder | why, babe |
| F | C | G |
| It don’t matter, anyho | w |
| C | G | Am | |
| And it | ain’t no use to s | it and wonder wh | y, babe |
| D7 | G |
| If you don’t know by no | w |
| C | C7 | |
| When your roo | ster crows at the b | reak of dawn |
| F | D7 |
| Look out your window and I’ | ll be gone |
| C | G | Am | F |
| You’re the rea | son I’m tr | av’lin’ on |
| C | G | C |
| Don’t think tw | ice, it’s all righ | t |
| C | G | Am | |
| It | ain’t no use in tu | rnin’ on your lig | ht, babe |
| F | C | G |
| That light I never knowe | d |
| C | G | Am | |
| And it | ain’t no use in t | urnin’ on your l | ight, babe |
| D7 | G |
| I’m on the dark side of the r | oad |
| C | C7 | |
| Still I | wish there was somethin’ you would | do or say |
| F | D7 | |
| To t | ry and make me change my m | ind and stay |
| C | G | Am | F |
| We never d | id too much ta | lkin’ an | yway |
| C | G | C |
| Don’t think tw | ice, it’s all r | ight |
| C | G | Am | |
| It | ain’t no use in ca | llin’ out my na | me, babe |
| F | C | G |
| Like you never did befo | re |
| C | G | Am | |
| And it a | in’t no use in c | allin’ out my n | ame, babe |
| D7 | G |
| I can’t hear you anymore |
| C | C7 | |
| I’m a-th | inkin’ and a-wond’rin’ all | the way down the road |
| F | D7 | |
| I o | nce loved a woman, a ch | ild I’m told |
| C | G | Am | F | |
| I g | ave her my he | art but she wa | nted my s | oul |
| C | G | C |
| Don’t think tw | ice, it’s all r | ight |
| C | G | Am | |
| And I’m | walking down that | long lonesome | road babe |
| F | C | G |
| Where I’m bound, I can’t t | ell |
| C | G | Am | |
| But goo | dbye is t | oo good a w | ord, babe |
| D7 | G |
| So I’ll just say fare thee well |
| C | C7 |
| I ain’t sayin’ you treated | me unkind |
| F | D7 | |
| You co | uld have done better but | I don’t mind |
| C | G | Am | F |
| You just | kinda wasted | my precious | time |
| C | G | C | |
| But do | n’t think tw | ice, it’s al | right |
Outro
| C | C | G | G | Am | Am/G |
| F | F/E | C/G | C/G | G | G |
| C | C |