Slaid Cleaves - Gone

I was going on twelve, ^Cshe was just nine ^GPassing round her little ^Amvalentines With the devil dancing there ^Cin her eyes ^GTeasing, someday she would ^Ambe my bride I said, “^FYou're just a little girl, now, go ^Amon” And as ^Gsoon as I turned around ^N.C.There she was,^Am gone

There she was,^F gone I started ^Cthinking 'bout her night and day I started ^Gsinging a young love song There she was,^Am gone

We're out of school now and ^Cshe's my girl But her ^Grestless soul needs to ^Amsee the world I search for a promise in those^C dancing eyes ^GWould she settle down ^Amby my side She ^Fwhispers in my ear, “Babe, you can't hold^Am on” So I ^Gopened up my arms ^N.C.There she was,^Am gone

There she was,^F gone I thought about her ^Cnight and day I was ^Gsinging a lovesick song There she was,^Am gone

Now we're Mom and Dad, with a ^Cgirl of our own ^GGrowing like a weed in this ^Amhappy home She's got that devil and her ^Cmama's blue eyes But ^Gno one realizes ^Amhow time flies Until the ^Fhouse is still, no more little girl's^Am song ^GOne day we turned around ^N.C.There she was,^Am gone

I'm an old man now, ^Cshe's still my girl ^GSpends her days in a ^Amlong gone world There's a darker devil hiding^C in her eyes ^GTelling her she's someone ^Amelse's wife She ^Flooks at me and says, “Mister, what's ^Amwrong?” And ^Gright before my eyes ^N.C.There she was,^Am gone

There she was,^F gone I was ^Csearching for her every day I was ^Gsinging a worried man's song But there she was,^Am gone

There she was,^F gone I'll be ^Cthinking 'bout her all my days I'll be ^Gsinging an old love song There she was,^Am gone