{Intro} [E]
{Verse} [E] Rat in a drain ditch, Caught on a limb, [A B E (4 measures)] You know better but I know him. [E] Like I told you, what I said, [A B E (4 measures)] Steal your face right off your head.
{Chorus}
[ A E ]
Now he’s gone, now he’s gone,
[ A E E7 A B (4 measures)]
Now he’s gone, he’s gone, gone he’s gone… he’s gone
[ A B]
Like a steam locomotive, rollin’ down the track
[ A E B A (2 measures) ]
He’s gone, gone, nothin’s gonna bring him back.
[E (4 measures)]
He’s gone.
{Verse} [E] Nine mile skid on a ten mile ride, [A B E (4 measures)] Hot as a pistol but cool inside. [E] Cat on a tin roof, dogs in a pile, [A B E (4 measures)] Nothin’ left to do but smile, smile, smile!!!!
{Chorus}
[ A E ]
Now he’s gone, now he’s gone,
[ A E E7 A B (4 measures)]
Now he’s gone, he’s gone, gone he’s gone… he’s gone
[ A B]
Like a steam locomotive, rollin’ down the track
[ A E B A (2 measures) ]
He’s gone, gone, nothin’s gonna bring him back.
[E (4 measures)]
He’s gone.
{Solo - Verse Chords} [| F#m | | E | |] [| F#m | | E E7 | A | ] [| A | E | | |] [| E |]
[| E | | | |] [| A | B E | | | ] [| E | |]
[| E | | | |] [| A | B E | | | ] [| E | |]
[| E | | | |] [| A | B E | | | ] [| E | |]
{Bridge} [B D A] Goin’ where the wind don’t blow so strange, [B D A] Maybe off on some high cold mountain chain. [D A G] Lost one round but the prize wasn’t anything, [D Dm A B] A knife in the back and more of the same.
{Verse} [E] Same old, rat in a drain ditch, caught on a limb, [A B E (4 measures)] You know better but I know him. [E] Like I told you, what I said, [A B E (4 measures)] Steal your face right off your head.
{Chorus}
[ A E ]
Now he’s gone, now he’s gone,
[ A E E7 A B (4 measures)]
Now he’s gone, he’s gone, gone he’s gone… he’s gone
[ A B]
Like a steam locomotive, rollin’ down the track
[ A E B A (2 measures) ]
He’s gone, gone, nothin’s gonna bring him back.
[E (4 measures)]
He’s gone.
{Outro} Oooohhhhh, nothing’s going to bring your back :