1.

G        /       /      /      |C   /     G      / |
-  Every time it rains, lord, I run to my window,
G        /     /       /       |D     / / / |
-  All I do is hang my head and mourn,
G         /       /       /   
-  Listen to that thunder roar,
         |C         /        G         / |
Can't you hear that lonesome wind moan?
G          /        D            /      |G    / / / |
-  Tell me baby now why you been gone so long?

chorus:

G          /        G7           /      |C
-  Tell me baby now why you been gone so long,
         /       G         / |
You been gone so long now?
G          /        /            /      |D    / / / |
-  Tell me baby now why you been gone so long?
G7           /                /          /    
-  I wake to scratchin' at my door lord, lord,
         |C         /        G         / |
Can't you hear that lonesome wind blow,
G          /        D            /      |G    / / / |
-  Tell me baby now why you been gone so long?

2.

Somebody said they thought they saw you rollin'down in Reno,
With a big ol' man from San Antone,
They tell me I'm a fool to pine for you,
But what do they know?
Tell me baby now why you been gone so long?

chorus:

2.

Ain't nothin' I can do, so I think I’ll just get stoned,
And let the past paint pictures in my head,
I’ll kill a fifth of "Thunderbird",
And try to write a sad sad song,
Tell me baby now why you been gone so long?

chorus:

coda:

Tell me baby now why you been gone so long?