My Baby's Gone

The Louvin Brothers

Written by Hazel Houser

Key of C · Chords: I IV V

Verse 1

C                                               F
Hold back the rushing minutes make the wind lie still
G7                                              C
Don't let the moonlight shine across the lonely hill
                                        F
Dry all the raindrops and hold back the sun
G7                           C
My world has ended my baby's gone

Verse 2

    G7                            F              C
The milkman whistles softly as he comes up to my door
    G7                                 F           C
The mailman brings the letters by just like he did before
                                  C7                     F
They seem so busy all day long as though there's nothing wrong
           G7                                  C
Don't they know the world has ended  my baby's gone

Verse 1

C                                               F
Hold back the rushing minutes make the wind lie still
G7                                              C
Don't let the moonlight shine across the lonely hill
                                        F
Dry all the raindrops and hold back the sun
G7                           C
My world has ended my baby's gone

Verse 3

                   G7
I wake up sometime in the night
and realize you're gone
    G7
And then I toss upon my bed
and wait for day to come

C7 F

Verse 1

C                                               F
Hold back the rushing minutes make the wind lie still
G7                                              C
Don't let the moonlight shine across the lonely hill
                                        F
Dry all the raindrops and hold back the sun
G7                           C
My world has ended my baby's gone