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Come Back Darling

Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs

Written by Lester Flatt

Key of G · Chords: I IV V

Open in Bluegrass Book: transpose, play along

Verse 1

G                      C
Tonight as I sit by my window
    G                      D7
I’m reading your letter so true
    G                         C
I’m hoping to find it in your letter
G             D7                G
Where you say I’ll come back to you

Verse 2

                          C
Oh come back to me little darlin’
  G                          D7
I miss you each day and each night
   G                      C
Oh come back to me little darlin’
G              D7           G
Don’t leave me alone all my life

Verse 3

                      C
I know I can never be happy
   G                 D7
No matter whatever I do
  G                          C
I know it’s harsh and lonely without you
G            D7               G
Oh won’t you come back and be true

Verse 2

                          C
Oh come back to me little darlin’
  G                          D7
I miss you each day and each night
   G                      C
Oh come back to me little darlin’
G              D7           G
Don’t leave me alone all my life

Verse 4

                          C
Oh what will I do without you
   G                     D7
My life is so lonely and blue
   G                      C
No matter what happens my darlin’
G            D7            G
I just can’t forget loving you

Verse 2

                          C
Oh come back to me little darlin’
  G                          D7
I miss you each day and each night
   G                      C
Oh come back to me little darlin’
G              D7           G
Don’t leave me alone all my life

Verse 2

                          C
Oh come back to me little darlin’
  G                          D7
I miss you each day and each night
   G                      C
Oh come back to me little darlin’
G              D7           G
Don’t leave me alone all my life