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"Sad Songs" by The Maine
From "Forever Halloween" album
A C# F#m D
A"I lost heC#r in 197F#m8"D  
AHe tells me tC#hen looks awF#mayD  
AIt's simple he C#loved her sF#moD  
A Atenderness you C#can't let F#mgo
He said, D"Son you don't forAget your first true lGove
She won't forF#mget you too"
AI only lGike the sad sDongs
(From the rock bands no one knows)
ANo one gets me lGike the sad sDongs
(When I'm lost and I'm all alone)
Just put the Aneedle on the Grecord
And iDf only for one second, it's eEnough
AHer father C#he arraF#mnged Dthe marriage
 AAnd he C#gave awF#mayD  
AHis daughter's heart, for C#goodness sake
  F#mWhat a shame, what a Dbig mistake
 AA daughter's heart's not a C#good one to F#mbreak
So I said D"love it has no Aage
Just wait, you'll Gfind someone who will F#mcall you 'baby'"
AI only lGike the sad sDongs
(From the rock bands no one knows)
ANo one gets me lGike the sad sDongs
(When I'm lost and I'm all alone)
Just put the Aneedle on the Grecord
And iDf only for one second, it's eEnough
You only like the Gsad songs?
Well here's a Dsad song for you my love
A C# F#m D
A C# F#m D
A C# F#m D
A C# F#m F#m
D D
AI only lGike the sad sDongs
(From the rock bands no one knows)
ANo one gets me lGike the sad sDongs
(When I'm lost and I'm all alone)
Just put the Aneedle on the Grecord
And iDf only for one second, it's eEnough
You only like the Gsad songsE  
You only like the Gsad songsE  
You say you like the Gsad songs
          E(strum once)       Dm(strum once)
Here's a sad song for you my love
             A(strum slowly once)
For you my love

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Sad Songs

by The Maine

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F#m

"Sad Songs" by The Maine

From "Forever Halloween" album

A C# F#m D

"I lost her in 1978"

A C# F#m D

He tells me then looks away

A C# F#m D

It's simple he loved her so

A C# F#m

A tenderness you can't let go

D A G

He said, "Son you don't forget your first true love

F#m

She won't forget you too"

A G D

I only like the sad songs

(From the rock bands no one knows)

A G D

No one gets me like the sad songs

(When I'm lost and I'm all alone)

A G

Just put the needle on the record

D E

And if only for one second, it's enough

A C# F#m D

Her father he arranged the marriage

A C# F#m D

And he gave away

A C#

His daughter's heart, for goodness sake

F#m D

What a shame, what a big mistake

A C# F#m

A daughter's heart's not a good one to break

D A

So I said "love it has no age

G F#m

Just wait, you'll find someone who will call you 'baby'"

A G D

I only like the sad songs

(From the rock bands no one knows)

A G D

No one gets me like the sad songs

(When I'm lost and I'm all alone)

A G

Just put the needle on the record

D E

And if only for one second, it's enough

You only like the sad songs?

Well here's a sad song for you my love

A C# F#m D

A C# F#m F#m

D D

A G D

I only like the sad songs

(From the rock bands no one knows)

A G D

No one gets me like the sad songs

(When I'm lost and I'm all alone)

A G

Just put the needle on the record

D E

And if only for one second, it's enough

G E

You only like the sad songs

G E

You only like the sad songs

You say you like the sad songs

E Dm

(strum once) (strum once)

Here's a sad song for you my love

(strum slowly once)

For you my love

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