Band: Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show
Side: I
Track: II
Song: If I'd Only Come & Gone
First Verse
If I'd only come[Bb] and gone
[Bb]The way I've always done [C]with summer gir[F]ls before
[F]Shared one [Bb]night with you and [C]never reached for [F]more
[F]Then we [C]wouldn't face this long and pai[C]nful righting of the wrong
If I'd just come and gone
Second Verse
If I hadn't staye[Bb]d so long
[Bb]And merely parked my dusty [C]boots outside your [F]door
[F]Tracked no [Bb]footprints 'cross [C]your polished hard[F]wood floor
[F]If I'd [C]have left you in your doorway smi[C]lin' drowsy at the dawn
If I'd [F]just come and gone
Third Verse
[F]Then I'[Bb]d be on a shinin' sil[F]ver plane dippin' into Denver
[F]Or a [Bb]schooner blowin' down The Bisc[F]ayne Bay
[F]You'[Bb]d be safely tuc[C]ked away among[F] the pleasure I'd remember
'Stead of lyin' here beside me fearin' restless thoughts inside me
That might awaken with the breakin' of each new day
Fourth Verse
If you'd only stoppe[Bb]d to read
[Bb]Cold hard words I carved on [C]other bedroom [F]walls
[F]And heard the [Bb]mornin' co[C]ffee truths I told[F] 'em all
[F]I'd stil[C]l be on your lips like some unfinished half-remembered song
You'd never have loved me if I'd just come and gone
Outro
If I'd [F]just come and gone
[F]If I'd only come[Bb] and gone
[Bb]If I'd only come[C] and gone
[C]If I'd only come[F] and gone...
Side: I
Track: II
Song: If I'd Only Come & Gone
First Verse
If I'd only come[Bb] and gone
[Bb]The way I've always done [C]with summer gir[F]ls before
[F]Shared one [Bb]night with you and [C]never reached for [F]more
[F]Then we [C]wouldn't face this long and pai[C]nful righting of the wrong
If I'd just come and gone
Second Verse
If I hadn't staye[Bb]d so long
[Bb]And merely parked my dusty [C]boots outside your [F]door
[F]Tracked no [Bb]footprints 'cross [C]your polished hard[F]wood floor
[F]If I'd [C]have left you in your doorway smi[C]lin' drowsy at the dawn
If I'd [F]just come and gone
Third Verse
[F]Then I'[Bb]d be on a shinin' sil[F]ver plane dippin' into Denver
[F]Or a [Bb]schooner blowin' down The Bisc[F]ayne Bay
[F]You'[Bb]d be safely tuc[C]ked away among[F] the pleasure I'd remember
'Stead of lyin' here beside me fearin' restless thoughts inside me
That might awaken with the breakin' of each new day
Fourth Verse
If you'd only stoppe[Bb]d to read
[Bb]Cold hard words I carved on [C]other bedroom [F]walls
[F]And heard the [Bb]mornin' co[C]ffee truths I told[F] 'em all
[F]I'd stil[C]l be on your lips like some unfinished half-remembered song
You'd never have loved me if I'd just come and gone
Outro
If I'd [F]just come and gone
[F]If I'd only come[Bb] and gone
[Bb]If I'd only come[C] and gone
[C]If I'd only come[F] and gone...
