Standard (EADGBE)

Verse 1

Well, baby, there you stand

with your little head down in your hand.

Oh my God, you can’t believe its happening again.

 Your baby's gone and you're all alone and it looks like the end.

Verse 2

And you're back out on the street

and you're tryin' to remember.

How do you start it over? You don't know if you can.

 You don't care much for a stranger's touch but you can't hold your man.

Chorus

You never thought you'd be alone

this far downs the line

 and I know what's been on your mind,

 you're afraid it's all been wasted time.

Bridge

The autumn leaves have got you thinking

about the first time that you fell.

You didn't love the boy too much, no no,

 you just loved the boy too well____ er-well

Verse 3

So you live from day to day

and you dream about tomorrow, oh.

And the hours go by like minutes and the shadows come to stay.

 So ya take a little something to make them go away.

Chorus

And I could have done so many things, baby,

if I could only stop my mind

 from wond'rin' what I left behind

 and from worryin' bout this wasted time.

Ooh, another love has come and gone.

Ooh, and the years keep rushing on.

 Iremember what you told mebefore youwent out on your own

 sometimes to keep it togetherwe got to leave it alone.

Chorus

 So you can get on with your search, baby,

and I can get on with mine.

 And maybe someday we will find

 that it wasn't really wasted time.