[Verse 1]
Bb               Eb
Baby baby, sweet baby
Bb               Eb
There's something that I just got to say
Bb               Eb
Baby baby, sweet baby
Bb               Eb
You left me hurtin' in a real cold way, Speak your name
 
 
[Pre-Chorus]
                                         And I'll feel a thrill
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   You said I do            And I said I will       Gm7
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 I tell you that I'll stay true, And give you just a little time
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 Wait on me baby, I want you to be all mine
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 [Section B]          I just get so blue     G7
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[Chorus]
                    Bb
Since you've been gone, ah baby
                    Eb7
(Why'd you do it? why'd you have to do it?)
                    Bb
Since you've been gone, yeah
                    Eb7
(Why'd you do it? why'd you have to do it?)
 
 
[Bridge]
 [Section A] Bb Eb7 (2x)
 [Section B]
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[Verse 2]
Bb               Eb
Baby baby, sweet baby
Bb               Eb
I didn't mean to run you away
Bb                       Eb
It was pride on my lips, But not in my heart
Bb                     Eb
To say the things that made you stray, But ah, baby
 
 
[Pre-Chorus]
                                Hear me now           I don't know what I'm gonna do
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         Yeah, to get you back somehow         Gm7
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 Take me back             Consider me please
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 If you walk in that door I can get up off my knees
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 [Section B] But I've just been so blue  Gm7
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[Chorus]
                  Bb7
Since you've been gone
 
(Why'd you do it? why'd you have to do it?)
                  Bb7
Hey baby, since you've been gone
                  Bb7
(Why'd you do it? why'd you have to do it?)
 
Yeah now, I've been so lonely
                  Bb7
(Sweet sweet - sweet sweet baby)
 
Baby, since you've been gone
                  Bb7
(Sweet sweet - sweet sweet baby)
 
Yeah now, and I've been so lonely
                  Bb7
(Why'd you do it? why'd you have to do it?)
 
Hey baby, since you've been gone
                  Bb7
(Why'd you do it? why'd you have to do it?)
 
Yeah, baby baby baby baby baby, sweet sweet baby
                  Bb7
Since you've been gone, yeah now
 
(Sweet sweet - sweet sweet baby)
                  Bb7
Baby baby baby baby baby baby, sweet sweet baby
 
Since you've been gone, yeah
 
Bb7