Intro: F C G Am C I was going on twelve, she was just nine G Am Passing round her little valentines C With the devil dancing there in her eyes G Am Teasing, someday she would be my bride F Am I said, ?You're just a little girl, now, go on? G And as soon as I turned around N.C. Am There she was, goneC We're out of school now and she's my girl G Am But her restless soul needs to see the world C I search for a promise in those dancing eyes G Am Would she settle down by my side F Am She whispers in my ear, ?Babe, you can't hold on? G So I opened up my arms N.C. Am There she was, goneF There she was, gone C I started thinking 'bout her night and day G I started singing a young love song Am There she was, goneC Now we're Mom and Dad, with a girl of our own G Am Growing like a weed in this happy home C She's got that devil and her mama's blue eyes G Am But no one realizes how time flies F Am Until the house is still, no more little girl's song G One day we turned around N.C. Am There she was, gone INTERLUDE: F C G Am C I'm an old man now, she's still my girl G Am Spends her days in a long gone world C There's a darker devil hiding in her eyes G Am Telling her she's someone else's wife F Am She looks at me and says, ?Mister, what's wrong?? G And right before my eyes N.C. Am There she was, goneF There she was, gone C I thought about her night and day G I was singing a lovesick song Am There she was, goneF There she was, gone C I was searching for her every day G I was singing a worried man's song Am But there she was, gone F There she was, gone C I'll be thinking 'bout her all my days G I'll be singing an old love song Am There she was, gone