Verse
E                         A 
Everytime it rains Lord I stand 
      E 
at my window 
E 
All I do is wring my hands and 
B 
moan 
E 
Can you hear the thunder roar 
E       A 
Can you hear that Lonesome 
E 
wind blow 
E            B 
Tell me baby why you been gone 
   E 
so long 
 
Chorus
 
E 
Tell me baby why you been gone 
   A                  E 
so long, been gone so long 
E 
Tell me baby why you been gone 
   B 
so long 
E 
Wolf was scratchin at my door 
                A 
Lordy don?t you hear that 
              E 
lonesome wind blow 
E            B 
Tell me baby why you been gone 
   E 
so long 
 
E 
Somebody said that they thought 
             A           E 
they saw you way down in Reno 
                       B 
With a big ol man from San 
Antone 
E 
They tell me I?m a fool to cry 
    A                    E 
for you but what do they know 
E            B 
Tell me baby why you been gone 
   E 
so long 
 
Chorus
E                                 A                  E 
Tell me baby why you been gone so long, been gone so long 
E                                 B 
Tell me baby why you been gone so long 
E                                             A 
Wolf was scratchin at my door Lordy don't you hear that 
         E 
Lonesome wind blow 
E            B                    E 
Tell me baby why you been gone so long 
 
Solo
E A E 
E B 
E A E 
E B E 
 
E 
I guess there?s nothing left 
             A          E 
for me to do but go get stoned 
E 
Let the past paint pictures 
           B 
through my head 
E 
Might drink a fifth of 
                A 
Thunderbird and try to write a 
E 
sad song 
E             B 
Tell  me baby why you been gone 
   E 
so long  
 
Chorus
E                                 A                  E 
Tell me baby why you been gone so long, been gone so long 
E            B                    E 
Tell me baby why you been gone so long 
E                                             A 
Wolf was scratchin at my door Lordy don't you hear that 
         E 
Lonesome wind blow 
 
Chorus
E            B                    E 
Tell me baby why you been gone so long 
E                                  A                  E 
 Tell me baby why you been gone so long, been gone so long 
             B                    E 
Tell me baby why you been gone so long 
E                                             A 
Wolf was scratchin at my door Lordy don't you hear that 
         E 
Lonesome wind blow 
E            B                    E 
Tell me baby why you been gone so long 
E            B                    E 
Tell me baby why you been gone so long