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Love the new All The Lights ep. Hope you have fun playing!
Note: CAPO ON 4
Put your heaGdphones in, let the day pass byC  
Giving Emall your love in black and whiteC  
And the rGoad ahead gets hard to seeC  
When we're loEmsing up on catching sleepC  
AnGother big city on another long flight
WCake up and I miss you in the middle of the night
MEmaybe you want me or maCybe you don't
So wGhat you gonna do when I'm goneC?
IEm've been holding on for so lonCg
And I'll sGay goodbye and try to move oCn
So wEmhat you gonna do when I'm gone, Cgone?
Put your headGphones in, let the day pass byC  
Let it Emall play out just once or twiceC  
And I kGnow we've got our historyC  
But the fuEmture's all that I can seeC  
AnGother big city on another long flight
WCake up and I miss you in the middle of the night
MEmaybe you want me or maCybe you don't
So wGhat you gonna do when I'm goneC?
IEm've been holding on for so lonCg
And I'll sGay goodbye and try to move oCn
So wEmhat you gonna do when I'm gone, Cgone?
A7          C           Em                 D
And we A7say hello just to sCay goodbye
And we lEmose ourselves just to feDel alright
And we hA7old our love so we woCn't run dryEm  D  
So wGhat you gonna do when I'm goneC?
IEm've been holding on for so lonCg
And I'll sGay goodbye and try to move oCn
So wEmhat you gonna do when I'm gone, Cgone?

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When Im Gone

by Before You Exit

Lyrics & chords · Original key · Capo on fret 4 (as written in this song)

Chords in this song · guitar

Love the new All The Lights ep. Hope you have fun playing!

Note: CAPO ON 4

G C

Put your headphones in, let the day pass by

Em C

Giving all your love in black and white

G C

And the road ahead gets hard to see

Em C

When we're losing up on catching sleep

Another big city on another long flight

Wake up and I miss you in the middle of the night

Em C

Maybe you want me or maybe you don't

G C

So what you gonna do when I'm gone?

Em C

I've been holding on for so long

G C

And I'll say goodbye and try to move on

Em C

So what you gonna do when I'm gone, gone?

G C

Put your headphones in, let the day pass by

Em C

Let it all play out just once or twice

G C

And I know we've got our history

Em C

But the future's all that I can see

Another big city on another long flight

Wake up and I miss you in the middle of the night

Em C

Maybe you want me or maybe you don't

G C

So what you gonna do when I'm gone?

Em C

I've been holding on for so long

G C

And I'll say goodbye and try to move on

Em C

So what you gonna do when I'm gone, gone?

A7 C Em D

A7 C

And we say hello just to say goodbye

Em D

And we lose ourselves just to feel alright

A7 C Em D

And we hold our love so we won't run dry

G C

So what you gonna do when I'm gone?

Em C

I've been holding on for so long

G C

And I'll say goodbye and try to move on

Em C

So what you gonna do when I'm gone, gone?

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