Key: E major
Intro 1
B
E
B
E
B
Verse 1
E
B
Well the lights go off
E
A
And the curtains go down
Like an old romance
Without any sound
E
B
You don't get the story but the
E
B
heartache still comes through
B
E
It never comes up it seems
B
A
It's just taken for granted
by the girl of your dreams
E
B
And I guess I was taken
B
E
Verse 2
Bb
A
bottle of whiskey
E
B
Drove out past your place but that
E
B
was just wishful thinking
Bb
A
You had somebody
F#m
B
E
B
E
B
E
B
new
A
Bb
A
And I sat and I watched
Bb
A
the sun set on the hill
E
B
Funny how you're sure
E
B
the time's standing still
While the world keeps moving around
C#m
E
and around on you
B
E
B
Verse 3
E
B
And you must have heard
E
B
E
The sound of the truck
And I saw you get up
E
B
But I drove away
E
B
Tell me what else was I to do
E
B
And I wish we all had just
C#m
B
a tiny compartment
could put our heartaches
E
B
'Cause I'd lock mine in and
I'd give the key to you
E
B
E
Verse 4
B
A
Spent my last six dollars on
a bottle of whiskey
E
B
Drove out past your place but
B
A
You were there
Bb
A
B
E
F
E
B
You had somebody new
A
Bb
A
And I sat and I watched the sun
Bb
A
B
set on the hill
E
B
Funny how you're sure
E
B
the time's standing still
E
While the world keeps moving around and around on you
Interlude 1
B
E
B
E
B
E
B
A
E
B
E
B
E
B
C#m
B
A
E
B
E
B
E
Verse 5
a bottle of whiskey
E
B
Drove out past your place but that
E
B
was just wishful thinking
E
B
E
B
You had somebody new
A
Bb
A
And I sat an d I watched
E
B
Funny how your'e sure
E
B
the time's standing still
While the world keeps moving around
C#m
E
and around on you
B
E
Verse 6
B
E
B
And the lights go off
E
A
And the curtain goes down
Like an old romance
E
B
You don't get the story
But the heartache still comes through
E
B
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