Capo 6 (to match recording) 
 
 
G5 
I guess he's working late again 
  G5 
I don't need to wonder where he is 
      C5 
But I do 
          G5 
He oughta know that by now 
  G5 
I know his job takes a lot of him 
G5      
There's not much left for him to give 
      C5 
But I need more 
          G5  
He oughta know that by now 


C5                        D5 
It's not like he's gotta read my mind 
   G5 
To know what I'm feeling after all this time 
          C5                     D5              C5      D5 
It's just too hard to hold onto what is never around 
          G5 
He oughta know that by now  
 
 
He used to promise soon things would change 
It's been years and it's still the same 
And that hurts 
He oughta know that by now 
I've grown so used to being alone 
Couldn't be much worse if I were gone  
And in a way I am 
He oughta know that by now 
 
 
Chorus 
 
Guitar/mandolin break 
 
 
Heartache and coffee at midnight motel 
Leavin' him was hard as hell  
But I did 
He oughta know that by now 
I didn't try to explain 
No good-bye underneath my ring 
That was all I left 
He oughta know that by now 
 
 
That was all I left 
And he oughta know that by now