G                     Em
Well, where oh where can my baby be?
C                  D
The Lord took her away from me.
G                          Em
She's gone to heaven, so I got to be good,
   C                        D
so I can see my baby when I leave this world.

     G                                            E
We were out on a date in my daddy's car.
C               D
We hadn't driven very far.
        G               E
There in the road, straight ahead ...
C               D
The car was stalled, the engine was dead.
         G                      E
I couldn't stop, so I swerved to the right.
C               D
Never forget the sound that night ...
        G                       E
The cryin' tires, the bustin' glass.
C               D
The painful scream that I heard last.
 G                      E
Well, where oh where can my baby be?
C               D
The Lord took her away from me.
G               E
She's gone to heaven, so I got to be good,
C               D
so I can see my baby when I leave this world.
 G                      E
Well, when I woke up, the rain was pourin' down.
C               D
There were people standing all around.
G                       E
Something warm running in my eyes,
C                       D
but I found my baby somehow that night.
G                       E
I raised her head, and when she smiled, and said,
C                       D
"Hold me darling for a little while."
G                       E
I held her close.  I kissed her our last kiss.
C                       D
I found the love that I knew I would miss
G                       E                       .
But now she's gone, even though I hold her tight.
C                       D
I lost my love ... my life, that night.

G                       E
Well, where oh where can my baby be?
C               D
The Lord took her away from me.
G                       E
She's gone to heaven, so I got to be good,
C                       D
So I can see my baby when I leave this world