AE
Why does the sun go on shining?
F#mC#m
Why does the sea rush to shore?
BmC#m
Don't they know it's the end of the world,
DBmDm
'Cause you don't love me any more?
AE
Why do the birds go on singing?
F#mC#m
Why do the stars glow above?
BmC#m
Don't they know it's the end of the world,
DEA
it ended when I lost your love.
DA
I wake up in the morning and I wonder,
BmEA
why everything's the same as it was.
C#m
I can't understand, no, I can't understand,
DBmDm
how life goes on the way it does.
AE
Why does my heart go on beating?
F#mC#m
Why do these eyes of mine cry?
BmC#m
Don't they know it's the end of the world,
DEA
it ended when you said goodbye.
AE
Why does my heart go on beating?
F#mC#m
Why do these eyes of mine cry?
BmC#m
Don't they know it's the end of the world,
DEA
it ended when you said goodbye.
* Alternate:
Capo II
A = GE = DF#m = EmC#m = BmBm = AmDm = CmD = C
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