[Strophe]
C                    Fm6 
Well baby, there you stand 
C/G                                 F/G 
With your little head, down in your hand 
F               C/E                Dm        C/E 
Oh, my God, you can't believe it's happening again 
F                            C/E 
Your baby's gone, and you're all alone 
       Dm             G7 
And it looks like the end.
[Strophe]
C                          Fm6 
And you're back out on the street, 
C/E                  F/G    G7 
And you're tryin' to remember. 
F                   C/E 
How do you start it over? 
   Dm                 C/E 
You don't know if you can. 
    F                      C/E 
You don't care much for a stranger's touch, 
        Dm              G7 
But you can't hold your man.
[Refrain]
Am                      E7/G# 
You never thought you'd be alone 
G                 D7/F# 
This far down the line 
F                              Em 
And I know what's been on your mind 
       Dm                   G7     C 
You're afraid it's all been wasted time.
[Pont]
Bm7        E                   Am 
The autumn leaves have got you thinking 
Bm7       E                   Am 
About the first time that you fell 
Bm7         E           Am       C/G 
You didn't love the boy too much, no, no 
         F     Em          Dm    G7 
You just loved the boy too well, farewell.
[Strophe]
C                       Fm6 
So you live from day to day, 
C/G                   F/G      G7 
And you dream about tomorrow, oh, 
        F                C/E 
And the hours go by like minutes 
        Dm              C/E 
And the shadows come to stay 
       F                 C/E 
So you take a little something  
   Dm            G7 
To make them go away.
[Refrain]
Am                       E7/G# 
And I could have done so many things, baby 
   G                    D7/F# 
If I could only stop my mind 
     F                      Em 
From wondrin' what I left behind 
         Dm                  G7     C 
And from worrying 'bout this wasted time. 
Ab                             C 
Ooh, another love has come and gone 
Ab                              C    C  Dm  C/E 
Ooh, and the years keep rushing on 
    F               C/E 
I remember what you told  
     Dm                        C/E 
me before you went out on your own: 
              F            C/E 
"Sometimes to keep it together, 
          Dm        G7 
You gotta leave it alone." 
   Am                       E7/G# 
So you can get on with your search, baby, 
    G                 D7/F# 
And I can get on with mine 
    F                     Em 
And maybe someday we will find, that it 
Dm             G7    C 
Wasn't really wasted time. 
Ab     Bb  C 
Oh ooooh, 
Ab     Bb  C 
Oh ooooh, 
Ab     Fm  C 
Oh ooooh.