The Breakup Song – The Greg Kihn Band
From the Album “RocKihnRoll” - 1981
[Intro Riff] x2
Am FM7/C G Am
e|--------------------------------------0-----|
B|---------0-1--------0-1-------0-------1-----|
G|-------2----------2---------0---2-0---2-----|
D|-----2----------3---------0-----------2-----|
A|---0----------3-----------------------0-----|
E|--------------------------------------------|
[VERSE 1]
Am F
We had broken up for good just an hour before
G Am
Ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah
Am F
Now I'm staring at the bodies as they're dancing 'cross the floor
G Am
Ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah
Am F
And then the band slowed the tempo and the music took you down
G Am
Ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah
Am F
It was the same old song with a melancholy sound
G Am G G
Ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah
[CHORUS]
F F C C G G Dm Dm
They don't write 'em like that anymore
F F C C Gsus4 G
They just don't write 'em like that anymore
[VERSE 2]
Am F
We'd been living together for a million years
G Am
Ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah
Am F
But now it feels so strange out of the - atmospheres
G Am
Ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah
Am F
And then the jukebox plays a song I used to know
G Am
Ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah
Am F
And now I'm staring at the bodies as they're dancing so slow
G Am G G
Ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah
[CHORUS]
F F C C G G Dm Dm
They don't write 'em like that anymore
F F C C Gsus4 G
They don't write 'em like that anymore
[Intro Riff] x2
Am FM7/C G Am
e|--------------------------------------0-----|
B|---------0-1--------0-1-------0-------1-----|
G|-------2----------2---------0---2-0---2-----|
D|-----2----------3---------0-----------2-----|
A|---0----------3-----------------------0-----|
E|--------------------------------------------|
[VERSE 3]
Am F
Mmmm, Now I'm winding up staring at an empty glass
G Am
Ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah
Am F
‘Cause it's so easy to say that you'll forget your past
G Am G G
Ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah
[CHORUS]
F F C C G G Dm Dm
They don't write 'em like that anymore No,
F F C C Gsus4 G
They just don't write 'em like that anymore
F F C C G G Dm Dm
They don't write 'em like that anymore
F F C C Gsus4 G
They just don't write 'em like that anymore
F F C C G G Dm Dm
They just don't no they don't no no uh-uh
F F C C G G Gsus4 G
They just don't write 'em like that anymore
F F C C G G Dm Dm
Etc to fade….
