E E E E

[Verse 1]

E                                                                           B
I wanted to write you a song that would rightly express in three minutes or less
                                    
How elated that you leave me, after you have come to see me
                      B7                       E
That the whole world ought to know my happiness

                     E7                   A                    Am
Alas, when I find a moment to write and think of the perfect lines
     E                               C#m
You call to say you're never coming back
            Am         B7             E
And then I have to start over from scratch

[Verse 2]

E
I wander the streets of this town
                                        B
Tying knots in my brow, thinking my thoughts out loud

If words were as specific as my heart is prolific
      B7                       E
Then you would have had one hundred songs by now
                        E7                  A                 Am
But, oh, happy day, that I didn't say it or put it to song, anyway
    E                        C#m
I started out this tune from meeting you
            Am        B          E
And then I ended up singing the blues


[Chorus]

       B                Am
I was born to sing sad songs
E                          G#
That go on for more than three minutes long
      C#m    G#m7        Am
And I feel another coming on
           E
Now that you're gone

       B                Am
I was born to sing sad songs
E                          G#
That go on for more than three minutes long
          C#m
I'd be pleasantly surprised
F#                           B7                          B
If for once I could write a happy love song that didn't make people cry


E E E E


[Bridge]

E
I could have played it
G#
Over and over
A               Am
Unsettling the dust on the shelves forever
E              G#
You'd hear it late at night
A                B
Playing in my heart

E                  G#
Now your ears are close like flowers
A              Am
I spend all of my waking hours
E              G#
Singing this song instead
A                       B
Like so many times before


[Chorus]

        B                Am
I was born to sing sad songs
E                         G#
That go on for more than three minutes long
C#m         G#m7          Am
And I feel another coming on
          E
Now that you're gone

       B                Am
I was born to sing sad songs
E                         G#
That go on for more than three minutes long
         C#m
I'd be pleasantly surprised
F#                            B7                          B
If for once I could write a happy love song that didn't make people cry


[Outro]

E
I could have played it
G#
Over and over
A               Am
Unsettling the dust on the shelves forever
E              G#
You'd hear it late at night
A               Am      E
Playing in my heart