The Breakup Song (They Don't Write 'Em)


{t:The Breakup Song (They Don't Write 'Em)}
{st:The Greg Kihn Band (1981)}

{c:strum: | D - d u - u d u |}

{c:intro}
{sot}
A |-----0-2-3-|-----0-2-3-|-----2-0---|-0---------|
E |---0-------|---1-------|---3-----3-|-0---------|
C |-----------|-0---------|-2---------|-0---------|
G |-2---------|-----------|-----------|-2---------|
{eot}
([Am]1 2 3 4, [F]1 2 3 4, [G]1 2 3 4, [Am]1 2 3 4,
[Am]1 2 3 4, [F]1 2 3 4, [G]1 2 3 4, [Am]1 2 3)


{c:verse 1}
We had [Am]broken up for good just an [F]hour before
Ah ah [G]ah ah ah ah ah [Am]ah
Now I'm [Am]staring at the bodies as they're [F]dancing 'cross the floor
Ah ah [G]ah ah ah ah ah [Am]ah
And then the [Am]band slowed the tempo and the [F]music took you down
Ah ah [G]ah ah ah ah ah [Am]ah
It was the [Am]same old song with a [F]melancholy sound
Ah ah [G]ah ah ah ah ah [Am]ah  (2 [G]3 4)

{soc}
[F]↓↓  They don't [C]↓↓write 'em like that any-[G]↓↓more [Dm]↓↓
[F]↓↓  They just don't [C]↓↓write 'em like that any-[Gsus4]more (2 3 4, [G]1 2 3 4)
{eoc}

{c:verse 2}
We'd been [Am]living together for a [F]million years
Ah ah [G]ah ah ah ah ah [Am]ah
But now it [Am]feels so strange out of the [F]atmospheres
Ah ah [G]ah ah ah ah ah [Am]ah
And then the [Am]jukebox plays a song [F]I used to know
Ah ah [G]ah ah ah ah ah [Am]ah
And now I'm [Am]staring at the bodies as they're [F]dancing so slow
Ah ah [G]ah ah ah ah ah [Am]ah  (2 [G]3 4)

{soc}
[F]↓↓  They don't [C]↓↓write 'em like that any-[G]↓↓more [Dm]↓↓
[F]↓↓  They don't [C]↓↓write 'em like that any-[Gsus4]more (2 3 4, [G]1 2 3 4)
{eoc}

{c:instrumental}
{sot}
A |-----0-2-3-|-----0-2-3-|-----2-0---|-0---------|
E |---0-------|---1-------|---3-----3-|-0---------|
C |-----------|-0---------|-2---------|-0---------|
G |-2---------|-----------|-----------|-2---------|
{eot}
([Am]1 2 3 4, [F]1 2 3 4, [G]1 2 3 4, [Am]1 2 3 4,
[Am]1 2 3 4, [F]1 2 3 4, [G]1 2 3 4, [Am]1 2 3)

{c:verse 3}
Now I'm [Am]winding up staring at an [F]empty glass
Ah ah [G]ah ah ah ah ah [Am]ah
'Cause it's so [Am]easy to say that you'll [F]forget your past
Ah ah [G]ah ah ah ah ah [Am]ah  (2 [G]3 4) 

{soc}
[F]↓↓  They don't [C]↓↓write 'em like that any-[G]↓↓more [Dm]↓↓
[F]↓↓  They just don't [C]↓↓write 'em like that any-[Gsus4]more (2 3 4, [G]1 2 3 4) 
[F]↓↓  They don't [C]↓↓write 'em like that any-[G]↓↓more [Dm]↓↓
[F]↓↓  They just don't [C]↓↓write 'em like that any-[Gsus4]more (2 3 4, [G]1 2 3 4)  [C]↓
{eoc}