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#1.
G C
I walked out of your apartment, I left you
D G
sleeping on your bed.
D G F C
I wanted to look back over my shoulder, but
G
I did not turn my head.
#2.
G C
We had a good arrangement, yes, we did.
G
But now I felt the need to move.
D Gbm G Em
But things had not worked out like I planned,
D C G
cause I've become attached to you.
D G D Em7
There was no way to tell you, baby, all the
D Em
things I had to say..so, I just walked away.
INTERLUDE: Am Em D Em D
#3.
G C D C
Mistin' rain had started falling, the kind
Gbm G D
that chills you to the bone.
G D F C
And I had a soulful feeling, but it did not
G
stay too long.
C
Oh, I knew I had it coming, but I believe it'd
G
come and gone.
D G Em D
And this lonesome feeling inside me, makes me
C G
know I stayed too long.
D G D Em7
There was no way to tell you, baby, all the
D Em
things I had to say..so, I just walked away.
INTERLUDE: Em Bb Em A Em
#4.
Em D Em D Em
I left you baby, ooooo, I hated to go, but I just
could not explain the way I felt about it.
Am Em
Oooo, baby, ooo, I left you, I hated to leave you
D Em
sleeping on your bed, when you needed me most.
Am Em
Ooo, I left you.
#5.
B Em
A mistin' rain was falling, the kind that chills
Am Em
you when you need somebody to lay beside you.
E Em
And that's the time that I picked to leave you
and I hated to go.
Em
But it just couldn't tell you the way I felt about
the situation.
OUTRO:
Em A
Oooo, ooo, baby, I wanted so bad to find some way
Em
of just coming out and telling you that I did not
want to love you so much.
Em7 Em
Oh, but I just couldn't, so I just walked away.
Written by Tony Joe White