The End Of The World

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The End Of The World chords
Skeeter Davis 1962 *
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_End_of_the_World_(Skeeter_Davis_song)
A E F#m D
A E
Why does the sun go on shining?
F#m C#m
Why does the sea rush to shore?
Bm C#m
Don't they know it's the end of the world,
D Bm Dm
'Cause you don't love me any more?
A E
Why do the birds go on singing?
F#m C#m
Why do the stars glow above?
Bm C#m
Don't they know it's the end of the world,
D E A
it ended when I lost your love.
D A
I wake up in the morning and I wonder,
Bm E A
why everything's the same as it was.
C#m
I can't understand, no, I can't understand,
D Bm Dm
how life goes on the way it does.
A E
Why does my heart go on beating?
F#m C#m
Why do these eyes of mine cry?
Bm C#m
Don't they know it's the end of the world,
D E A
it ended when you said goodbye.
A E
Why does my heart go on beating?
F#m C#m
Why do these eyes of mine cry?
Bm C#m
Don't they know it's the end of the world,
D E A
it ended when you said goodbye.
* Alternate:
Capo II
A G
=
E D
=
F#mEm
=
C#mBm
=
Bm Am
=
Dm Cm
=
D C
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The End Of The World chords
Skeeter Davis  1962 *
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_End_of_the_World_(Skeeter_Davis_song)
A E F#m D
* Alternate:
Capo II
A   = G
E   = D
F#m = Em
C#m = Bm
Bm  = Am
Dm  = Cm
D   = C
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The End Of The World Chords by Skeeter Davis

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