F#7 B7 F#7 B7

[Verse 1]
   F#7                            B7
It seems we're headed for a total breakdown
   F#7                               C#7
It keeps on getting harder to connect
   B7                            A
If this is not a war between the sexes
          G#7                    C#7
Well then some kind of hex is in effect

    F#7                            B7
The ones we used to call the happy couple
     F#7                     C#7
Have given up on romance altogether
B7                        A
How that perfect one could come undone
           G#7                          C#7
Looks like love's in for a run of nasty weather

[Chorus 1]
B7            F#7
Lines are down, streets are redded
B7           F#7
Pipes cracked, apartments gutted
B7                                     E               A
The tough are gettin' goin', 'cause the goin's gettin' tough
D    C#7
Everybody's breakin' up

[Guitar break]
F#7 B7 F#7 B7

[Verse 2]
   F#7                                B7
It seems we've come upon some kind of impasse
   F#7                            C#7 C#7 C7
An ending to this fractured fairy tale
     B7                           A
What once upon a time were little home sweet homes
       G#7                 C#7 C#7 C7
Are now just houses up for sale

[Chorus 2]
B7           F#7
Streets ahush, a grim reminder
B7                F#7
No lovers laughter, no organ grinder
B7                    E                       A  D
He's out of work, the monkey run off with the cup
     C#7           F#7
everybody's breakin' up

[Chorus 3]
B7                 F#7
Seven year itch, or mid-life crisis
B7                          F#7
We're comin' unhitched, goin' back to old vices
B7                                   E               A    D
The tough are gettin' goin' cause the goin's gettin' tough
     C#7         F#7
Everybody's breakin' up
B7                                   E               A    D
The tough are gettin' goin' cause the goin's gettin' tough
     C#7         F#7   B7
Everybody's breakin' up