Standard (EADGBE)

Well, early this mornin' it dawned on me ---

 The kind of man she needed me to be

She made a list and laid it there beside me - on the bed

 Now what I should a done keeps a-runnin' through my head

Chorus

(1-Well), (2-Oh!), (3-But),

 I shoulda done this and I shoulda done that

I shoulda been there and she'd never left

 I shoulda been hangin' onto ev'ry word she had to say

But, it's a little too late, she's a little too gone

She's a little too right, I'm a little too wrong

 Now would be a good time to change, but it's a little too late.

Last night I came home at a quarter to three ---

And to my surprise she wasn't mad at me

I thought she'd finally realized not to worry - I'd be home

And then I realized this mornin' she was gone.

2nd CHORUS

3rd CHORUS

Right now would be the time to change

But It's a little too late.