{Intro}
{Verse} E Rat in a drain ditch, Caught on a limb, A B E You know better but I know him. E Like I told you, what I said, A B E Steal your face right off your head.
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{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 E
He’s gone, gone, nothin’s gonna bring him back… He’s gone.
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{Verse} E Nine mile skid on a ten mile ride, A B E Hot as a pistol but cool inside. E Cat on a tin roof, dogs in a pile, A B E Nothin’ left to do but smile, smile, smile!!!!
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{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 E
He’s gone, gone, nothin’s gonna bring him back… 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 You know better but I know him. E Like I told you, what I said, A B E Steal your face right off your head.
|E |E |
{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 E
He’s gone, gone, nothin’s gonna bring him back… He’s gone.
A BLike a steam locomotive, rollin’ down the track A E B A E He’s gone, gone, nothin’s gonna bring him back… He’s gone.
{Outro} E Ooh, nothin’s gonna bring him back…