[Intro] A  C#7  D  F#º  A 
        D  A  E  A  E

[Primera Parte]

A          C#7      F#m   F#m    D          D        A   E
  I sat at home on Friday last     waitin' for your call
  A       C#7      F#m   F#m   B7           B7       E   E
Thinkin' aaas the hours passed    were you worth it all
        A       A     C#7      C#7
As the tears begin to fill my head
        D       D         F#º      F#º 
It 's then I thought   to write instead
         A       D           A           E        A  
Another hit song   full of heartache   thanks to you

[Estribillo 1]

  A        E                            A   
Thanks to you     I'm gettinnn' the applause
  A       G#7  G#7     G#7     G#7      E/G# Eb/G D/F# C#/F
Thanks to you      and all the pain you caaa-aaa-ause
  A          A          C#7       C#7
Credit must gooo where credit is due
      D      D        F#º     F#º 
So I tip my hat and I toast to you
             A        D          A            E        A  
For all the hit songs   full of heartache   thanks to you

[Segunda Parte]

 A      C#7       F#m       F#m   D             D           A   E
Days go byyy and weeks will pass    with not a wooord from you
    A        C#7       F#m   F#m   B7       B7       E   E
And I don't mind when people ask     how's you know who
        A                     C#7     C#7
Cause when the tears begin to fill my head
        D      D        F#º     F#º 
It 's then I start   to write instead
         A       D           A           E        A 
Another hit song   full of heartache   thanks to you

[Estribillo 2]

  A        E                            A   
Thanks to you     I'm gettinnn' the applause
  A       G#7  G#7     G#7     G#7      E/G# Eb/G D/F# C#/F
Thanks to you      and all the pain you caaa-aaa-ause
  A          A          C#7       C#7
Credit must gooo where credit is due
      D      D        F#º     F#º 
So I tip my hat and I toast to you
             A        D          A            E        A  
For all the hit songs   full of heartache   thanks to you

[Refrão 3]

 F7    Bb                      D7      
    Credit must gooo where credit is due
      Eb               Gº     
So I tip my hat and I toast to you
            Bb       Eb          Bb          F        Bb  
For all the hit songs   full of heartache   thanks to you