GGF#
He wrote her a note through the whiskey and smoke
EmCG
On a brown paper bag that he found on the table
GF#Em
Said I’m sorry I’m not able to stay
CG
But I’ve got to be going away
GF#EmC
So much that I want to say
GGF#
You deserve the truth, you deserve your youth
EmCGGF#EmC
You deserve much better than holding me together
Remember the night we drove under the lights
And the golden gates all the way to Oakland
I’ve never had more fun in my life
When you think of me, remember that night
If I have the right
To ask that’s what you do
Cause I am so in love with you’
And you deserver much better
Than trying to hold me together
Chorus:
GGF#EmC
So I’ll be gone when you come home
GDF#Em
Please don’t cry and waste your gorgeous eyes on me
CGDF#
I believed you when you said you’d never leave
EmC
So please let me
Goodbye, be with me till I die
When I wake up alone in a home that’s sad and new
Forgive me for the things that I do
You deserve the truth, you deserve your youth
You deserve much better than holding me together
This arrangement for the song is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the song. You may only use this for private study, scholarship, or research.