(Intro: F-Bb-F-C-F) 
 
F                        Bb              F 
I woke up this morning, long before the dawn  
                                              C 
I stumbled to the kitchen and put some coffee on  
 F                                   Bb           F 
The house was deathly quiet, I knew something was wrong  
                                     C                 F 
Then suddenly it dawned on me, The cold gray light of gone  
 
(Chorus)  
 
F                                           Bb                 F 
No there's nothin' quite as lonely, As the cold gray light of gone  
                                 G            C 
Waking up and finding out she's never coming home  
 F                                      Bb              F 
The note that said it's over, Lord it chills me to the bone  
                                             C                 F 
No there's nothin' quite as lonely, As the cold gray light of gone  
 
(Short Instrumental: F-C-F) 
                                     Bb                F 
O I've sat and cried for hours and I tried to clear my head  
                                                   C 
I even went and laid back down on her side of the bed  
 F                                       Bb             F 
Her perfume lingered on the sheets, Our love once laid upon  
                                    C                  F 
Her memory's destroying me, In the cold gray light of gone  
 
(Repeat Chorus)   
(Instrumental: F-Bb-F-C-F-Bb-F-C-F) - (Same As Verse) 
(Repeat Chorus) 
                                            C                  F  
No there's nothin' quite as lonely, As the cold gray light of gone