Written by Steve Earle
The G and F# are notes not chords, it's like a walk down thing. Intro G C D C G G C C/A G walk down G F# Em Em C She was her daddy's little darlin' D G C C/A G Her mama's only child G F# Em C They didn't understand at all when D G C C/A G She took to running wild G F# Em C She left town one day and never said goodbye D G Left a hole in Daddy's lap a tear in mama's eye G F# Em C G C C/A G Where'd we go wrong, now she's gone G F# Em C She met aboy up in Kentucky D G C C/A G Charlie was his name G F# Em C Just when he thought he got lucky D G C C/A G She stole his watch and chain Em C She always kept on moving and she never wasted time D G And they say she left quite a string of broken hearts behind Em C G C C/A G Woke up alone, now she's gone Em C Me, I wasn't even trying D C G C C/A G You could say I was content Em C She went through my life like lightning D C G C C/A G Blew out the other end Em C I still taste her kisses smell her perfume in the wind D C G C C/A G And if I could you now that I would do it all again Em C G C C/A G She done me wrong, Now she's gone