My Baby’s Gone

Lyrics
Hold back the rushing minutes Make the wind lie still Don’t let the moonlight shine Across the lonely hill Dry all the raindrops Hold back the sun My world has ended My baby’s gone The milk man whistles softly as He comes up to my door The mailman brings the letters by Just like we did before They seem so busy all day long As though there's nothing wrong Don't they know the world has ended My baby's gone [chorus] I wake up sometimes in the night And realize you're gone And then I toss upon my bed And wait for day to come I try to tell my lonely heart It must go on alone But it cries the world has ended My baby's gone -- Hazel Marie Houser

Louvin Bros (E) Emmylou Harris & Rodney Crowell (E) Brushfire (E)

Numbers
Chorus 1   1    2   1 5     3 5 Hold back the rushing minutes 4   4   4    5   6 Make the wind lie still 7    1 7 6   6   5     5 Don’t let the moonlight shine 56    6   5 4 5  4 3 Across the lonely hill 1  1   2   1   5     3 Dry all the raindrops [and] 4   4    5   6 Hold back the sun 7 1  7  6   6 5 My world has ended 3 432    2 1 My baby’s gone

Verses 5  5    2   2    3   4   6  5 The milk man whistles softly as 4  4     1  1  2  3 He comes up to my door 5  5   2   2      3   4  6    5 The mailman brings the letters by 4    4    1  1   2 3 Just like he did before 1   1    2  1 5  4   3   2 1 They seem so busy all day long 3 3      3       4 5     6 As though there's nothing wrong 5    6    7    7   1  7  6   6 5 Don't they know the world has ended 3 432    2 1 My baby's gone

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Chords
From Mick Kinney and the folks in the Truckstop Classics class: I   I    IV   IV   V    V    IV   I  I    I    IV   IV   V    V    V    I  V    V    I    I    V    V    I    I  I    I    IV   IV   V    V    V    I

Locals
Beth Trotman & Lee Leonard (D)

D   G    A7   D    A7   D A7   D    A7   G    D    A7   G    D    D7   G    A7   D

Inspiration
The Louvin Brothers sing a perfect version of this song.