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Leavin' for the Last Time

C   Dm   G   C

C7   F   D   G   C - G - C


C
I'm leavin' for the last time.
Dm
Don't need this lonely pastime
G
Of stumblin' through the words
  C
I know you're waitin' up to hear.
C7
I'm packin' up my suitcase
F
Packed full of bright tomorrows.
D7
If I can't share your love,
  G7
I just won't sit and wear your sorrows
C        G      C
One more achin' day.

I don't know where we lost it.
I don't know where the love went,
Where the hope was all spent
And the sweetness turned to pain.
We cried and cried our grievin',
Sighed and sighed our needin',
And played a losing game
When not a chance remained that we might
Hope to find our way.

F             Em
Don't look at me with hunger.
C       G/B       Am              Dm
I can't fill that achin', quakin' place
           G7                    C             C7
That's got no name - it's just a place you live.
F                Em           C        G/B
You'll find some other lonely traveler
     Am             Dm
To deposit with you more than me,
G7                     C    G       C
Much more than I could ever hope to give.

So I'm leavin' as the wind blows.
Don't watch me from your window.
Don't try to shackle me
With eyes and signs of might have been.
Your tears don't work no longer,
Tomorrow's call is stronger,
And right or wrong, I know
Your need has cost me more than I could
Ever hope to pay.

I'm leavin' for the last time.
Don't need this lonely pastime
Of stumblin' through the words
I know you're waitin' up to hear.
I'm packin' up my suitcase
Packed full of bright tomorrows.
If I can't share your love,
I just won't sit and wear your sorrows
One more achin' day.

(Words and music by Bob Gibson & Jo Mapes, 1970)

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