Mickey Newbury - Why you been gone so long

^CEvery time it rains Lord I ru^Fn to my wi^Cndow All I do is just ring my hands and^G7 moan L^Cisten to that thunder roar can't h^Fear that lonesome wind m^Coan Tell me baby, now w^G7hy you been gone so lo^Cng?

Tell me baby, now why you been gone so l^Fong? You been^C gone so long now Tell me baby, now w^G7hy you been gone so long?

The wolf^C is scratchin' at my door, Lord Lord, well, I he^Far that lonesome wind mo^Can Tell me baby, why ^G7you been gone so l^Cong?

^FSomebody said they thought they saw ^Cyou roaring down in Reno With a big ole man from San An^G7toine Th^Cey tell me I'm a fool to pine for y^Fou, well, what do they ^Cknow Tell me baby, now why^G7 you been gone so^C long?

Te^Cll me baby, now why you been gone so ^Flong Yo^Cu been gon^Fe so long now

Tel^Cl me baby now why you been gone so l^G7ong The^C wolf is scratchin' at my door Lord Lord and I can hear ^Fthat lonesome win^Cd moan Tell me baby now why y^G7ou been gone so lo^Cng

Ain^C't nothin' I wanna do Lord I g^Fuess I could get s^Ctoned Let the past paint pictures in my h^G7ead Kil^Cl a fifth of Thunderbird and try^F to write a sad s^Cong Tell me baby, now why^G7 you been gone so l^Cong Tell me baby, now why you been Gone So L^Fong