Intro
(piano bass, octaves:)
FA
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(band enters:)
SIb REm/LA SOLm
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Doot-doo... (a-why babe, a-why babe)
DOm FA
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Doot-doo... (a-why babe, a-why babe)
Verse 1:
SIb REm/LA SOLm
Ain't no use to sit and wonder why, babe (why babe, why babe)
MIb FA7
It don't matter anyhow
SIb REm/LA SOLm
Oh, it ain't no use to sit and wonder why, babe (why babe, why babe)
DO7 FA7
If-a you don't know by now
SIb SIb7
When the rooster crows at the break of dawn
MIb DO7
Look out your window and I'll be gone
SIb RE7 SOLm MIb
(You're the reason that I'm travelin' on)
Bb F7 Bb [1, 2: F7]
Don't think twice, it's all right
Verse 2:
Ain't no use in turnin' on your light, babe (why babe, why babe)
The light I never knowed
Ain't no use in turnin' on your light, babe (why babe, why babe)
I'm on the dark side of the road
And I wish there was something you would do
To try to make me change my mind and stay
(We never did too much talkin' anyway)
Don't think twice, it's all right
Break:
(scat singing):
SIb REm/LA SOLm
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DOm FA
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Verse 3:
I'm walkin' down the long and lonesome road, babe
(I'm walkin' down road, babe)
Where I'm bound I can't tell
(Where I'm bound can't tell)
But goodbye's too good a word to say (why babe, why babe)
So I'll just say fare-thee-well
I ain't sayin' you treated me unkind
You coulda done better but I don't mind
(You just kinda wasted my precious time)
Don't think twice, it's all right
Coda:
[repeat to fade:]
SIb REm/LA SOLm
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Doot-doo... (a-why babe, a-why babe)
DOm FA
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Doot-doo... (a-why babe, a-why babe)
2: When the rooster crows at the break of dawn
Look out your window, baby, I'll a-be gone, gone, gone
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