Alone and Forsaken (Single Version)
Recorded by Hank Williams
Album: Single (1951)

(No Capo)

(Intro.)
|(Am) / / |(Am) / / |(Am) /
 
(Verse 1)
We (Am)met in the springtime when blossoms unfold
The (Am)pastures were green and the meadows were gold
Our (Am)love was in flower as summer grew on
Her (Am)love like the leaves now has (E)withered and (Am)gone
The (Am)roses have faded theres frost at my door
The (Am)birds in the morning don’t (E)sing any-(Am)more
The (Am)grass in the valley is starting to die
And (Am)out in the darkness the (E)whippoorwills (Am)cry
 
(Chorus)
A-(F)lone and forsaken by (C)fate and by man
Oh (C)Lord, if You hear me, please (Am)hold to my hand
Oh, (E)please under-(Am)stand
 
(Verse 2)
Oh (Am)where has she gone to, oh where can she be?
She (Am)may have forsaken some other like me
She (Am)promised to honor, to love and obey
Each (Am)vow was a plaything that (E)she threw a-(Am)way
The (Am)darkness is fallin’, the sky has turned gray
A (Am)hound in the distance is (E)starting to (Am)bay
I (Am)wonder, I wonder what she's thinkin' of
For-(Am)saken forgotten with-(E)out any (Am)love
 
(Chorus)
A-(Am)lone and forsaken by (C)fate and by man
Oh (C)Lord, if You hear me, please (Am)hold to my hand
Oh, (E)please under-(Am)stand - - - - -