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Heartbreak Avenue:Don Gibson.
#34 on BB Hot Country on RCA
Records in 1959.
INTRO:  A  D  
#1.
AI'm aDlone in a house made of Asorrow.
And each room is haunted with Dyou.
Should the end of the world come toAmorrow,
I'll be waiting on Heartbreak DAvenue.
CHORUS:
I Gscattered all our Apromises beDhind me.
EThere's no use to hope that they'll come Atrue.
But if Dyou change your mind you can Afind me,
I'll be waiting on Heartbreak DAvenue.
INTERLUDE:  D   A  D  
#2.
DI was warned that some day you'd deAsert me.
I'd wake up and find that we were Dthrough.
AThey all Dtold me that you'd only Ahurt me,
and I'd end up on Heartbreak DAvenue.
CHORUS:
GSomeday you may Aunderstand this Dyearning,
Ewhen somebody does the same to Ayou.
Then when Ddeep in your heart there's a Aburning,
we'll be neighbors on Heartbreak DAvenue.
A fifties smash from Kraziekhat.

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Heartbreak Avenue

by Don Gibson

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Heartbreak Avenue:Don Gibson.

#34 on BB Hot Country on RCA

Records in 1959.

A D

INTRO:

#1.

A D A

I'm alone in a house made of sorrow.

And each room is haunted with you.

Should the end of the world come tomorrow,

I'll be waiting on Heartbreak Avenue.

CHORUS:

G A D

I scattered all our promises behind me.

E A

There's no use to hope that they'll come true.

D A

But if you change your mind you can find me,

I'll be waiting on Heartbreak Avenue.

D A D

INTERLUDE:

#2.

D A

I was warned that some day you'd desert me.

I'd wake up and find that we were through.

A D A

They all told me that you'd only hurt me,

and I'd end up on Heartbreak Avenue.

CHORUS:

G A D

Someday you may understand this yearning,

E A

when somebody does the same to you.

D A

Then when deep in your heart there's a burning,

we'll be neighbors on Heartbreak Avenue.

A fifties smash from Kraziekhat.

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