Since You've Been Gone:Clyde McPhatter. #14 R&B in 1959. #1. C Am Early in the mornin', before the crack of dawn. C Am I'm sitting here thinking, oh, why was I born? F G7 I'm so broken hearted, I just can't go on. C Am Since you've been gone...(since you've been gone.) C Am Since you've been gone...(since you've been gone.) #2. Am C Am Now I was so happy, with you by my side. C Am You told me you loved me, but honey, you lied. F G7 You left me here crying, how can I go on? C Am Since you've been gone...(since you've been gone.) C Am Since you've been gone...(since you've been gone.) CHORUS: Fm C The night seems like a million years.. Fm C waitin' till the break of day appears. D All night long weeping like a willow, Dm7 tossing and turning on my tear-stained pillow, G G7 guess I'm gonna drown in my own tears. #3. G7 C Am I'm gonnna go walking by the railroad track. C Am I'm just gonna let the Choo-Choo, cross over my back. F G7 Life ain't worth living, can't go on.. C Am Since you've been gone...(since you've been gone.) C Am Since you've been gone...(since you've been gone.) (INTERLUDE:SAX:) CHORUS: D All night long weeping like a willow, Dm7 tossing and turning on my tear-stained pillow, G G7 guess I'm gonna drown in my own tears. #4. G7 C Am I'm gonnna go walking by the railroad track. C Am I'm just gonna let the Choo-Choo, cross over my back. F G7 Life ain't worth living, can't go on.. C Am Since you've been gone...(since you've been gone.) C Am Since you've been gone...(since you've been gone.) OUTRO: C Am Since you've been gone...(since you've been gone.) C Am Since you've been gone...(since you've been gone.) A fifties smash from Kraziekhat.
