G                     Em
Well, where oh where can my baby be?
C                  D
The Lord took her away from me.
G                          Em
She's gone to heaven, so I got to be good,
   C                        D
so I can see my baby when I leave this world.

     G                                            E
We were out on a date in my daddy's car.
C            D
We hadn't driven very far.
       G            E
There in the road, straight ahead ...
C            D
The car was stalled, the engine was dead.
         G                  E
I couldn't stop, so I swerved to the right.
C            D
Never forget the sound that night ...
        G                  E
The cryin' tires, the bustin' glass.
C            D
The painful scream that I heard last.
 G                  E
Well, where oh where can my baby be?
C            D
The Lord took her away from me.
G            E
She's gone to heaven, so I got to be good,
C            D
so I can see my baby when I leave this world.
 G                  E
Well, when I woke up, the rain was pourin' down.
C            D
There were people standing all around.
G                  E
Something warm running in my eyes,
C                  D
but I found my baby somehow that night.
G                  E
I raised her head, and when she smiled, and said,
C                  D
"Hold me darling for a little while."
G                  E
I held her close.  I kissed her our last kiss.
C                  D
I found the love that I knew I would miss
G                  E                  .
But now she's gone, even though I hold her tight.
C                  D
I lost my love ... my life, that night.

G                  E
Well, where oh where can my baby be?
C            D
The Lord took her away from me.
G                  E
She's gone to heaven, so I got to be good,
C                  D
So I can see my baby when I leave this world