Let's get started if we're gonna break my heart chords by The Statler Brothers

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Verse 1
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Em 
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A 
D 
I  knew
where
the night was going,
A 
but I  first saw your smile
Em 
But this tired old get -to
G 
-know -you routine
D 
A 
takes a little while

Verse 2

We'll talk about fads and fashion.

That's a good place to start.

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Verse 3

And I know we'll wind up talking

about our astrological charts.

Verse 4
Em 
G 
So come on, let's get started
A 
D 
if we're gonna break my heart.
A 
Let's begin with
D 
I don't know you that well
A 
And move on to
D 
I really better not
G 
A 
D 
By midnight we should be close enough
G 
So that we, you and me
D 
Could get started
A 
if we're gonna break my
D 
A 
Em 
G 
heart
A 
D 
Just a little more conversation
A 
Cause we're playin' by the rules

Verse 5

We'll tell each other

how some other made us feel like those.

Verse 6

Now here's where we gotta go easy

so we won't upset the cart.

Verse 7

We'll talk about books and movies

and Norman Rockwell art.

Verse 8

By then you should be ready to

start to break my heart.

Verse 9
A 
Let's begin with
D 
I don't know you that well
A 
And move on to
D 
I really better not
G 
A 
D 
By midnight we should be close enough
G 
D 
So that we could get started
A 
D 
A 
If we're gonna break my heart
G 
A 
D 
By midnight we should be close enough
G 
D 
so that we could get started
A 
if we're gonna break my heart.
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