When It's Gone, It's Gone chords by Tom Paxton

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Intro 1

Verse 1
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When it's gone, it's gone.
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When it's dead, it's dead.
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Put it in the book called history.
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That's all she wrote,
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she said.
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You point a finger at the farmer
and the factory
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Point a finger at the big ships
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sailin' on the Chesapeake
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Everybody's got someone
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that they wanna blame
They go down to the water
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and they holler it's cryin' shame
When it's gone, it's gone
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When it's dead, it's dead
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Put it in a book called history
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That's all she wrote, she said
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I saw a big sign sayin'
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Don't you come round here
Well, it used to be pretty golden water
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But it died last year
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Somebody called a meeting,
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somebody wrote a song
Saying everybody meant to do something
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but we waited too long
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Now, when it's gone, it's gone,
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when it's dead, it's dead
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Put it in a book called history,
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that's all she wrote, she said
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Well, the fishermen fish
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and the sailor men sail
They've been livin' on the water
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since Jonahan, the big ol' whale
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But we're runnin' out of water
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and runnin' out of time
You can tell me that the problem is theirs,
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but it's yours and mine
Cause when it's gone, it's gone
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When it's dead, it's dead
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Put it in the book, all history
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That's all she wrote, she said
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Put it in the book, all history
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That's all she wrote, she said
Cause when it's gone, it's gone you