How Will I Explain About You

Bill Monroe

Key of G · Chords: I IV V

Verse 1

G                         C      G
You left me my darling to travel alone
                          D7
My heart is so lonely and blue
     G                         C          G
When friends ask about you why you're not around
           D7            G
How will I explain about you

Verse 2

    C                    G
How will I explain about you
                                 D7
They know I've been faithful and true
   G                          C          G
So when they start asking why you're not around
           D7            G
How will I explain about you

Verse 3

                         C           G
They saw us together for such a long time
                              D7
They knew that I loved you so true
    G                            C        G
But now that you've gone and I'm left all alone
           D7            G
How will I explain about you

Verse 4

    C                    G
How will I explain about you
                                 D7
I can't let them know that we're through
     G                         C       G
They wouldn't believe it could ever be true
           D7            G
How will I explain about you

Verse 5

                            C       G
If ever you were lonely and wish to return
                         D7
Remember I’m waiting for you
    G                     C       G
But if I must travel that pathway alone
           D7            G
How will I explain about you

Verse 6

    C                    G
How will I explain about you
                         D7
I'm leaving it all up to you
    G                      C            G
And if you insist that our pathway must part
           D7            G
How will I explain about you