Written by Leroy Virgil
G Well you tell me that you're leavin' C 'Cause my drinkin' and pillin' D G You can't stand to sit and watch me wreck my health G But you've known all along C That I'm an alcoholic D G And if you leave me now, you'll help to kill myself C D So baby, don't you say you won't enable me no more C D You'll take my life if you walk out the door G C D If you're gone, I'll be a goner G C D I'm gonna hit the ground like a shot-down B-2 bomber G C D Oh Darlin' if you're gone, I won't live very long C D G Yeah, I'm gonna be a goner if you're gone G C I've gotta make my livin' in this country band D G And I've gotta travel from town to town G C But you call me on the phone and say I've got to understand D G Can't stay with a man who ain't around C D If I come off the road and find a goodbye note C D Well, that's it for me, girl, that's all she wrote G C D If you're gone, I'll be a goner G C D I'm gonna hit the ground like a shot-down B-2 bomber G C D Oh Darlin' if you're gone, I won't live very long C D G Yeah, I'm gonna be a goner if you're gone