Chords for Greg Kihn - The Breakup Song (They Don't Write 'Em) - 2/24/2011 - Wolfgang's Vault

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[F] _ _ [G] _ _ So, uh, I think maybe a tender, _ finger-picking [E] ballad, _ _ something deep, _ _ _ something from deep
within that [D] makes you just cry.
_ Hello, _ my name is Greg Kidd.
Welcome to Wolfgang's Vault.
[Am] _ _
_ I'd like to do a song that put both of my kids through college [A] and partial grandchildren as well. _ _
_ We'd broken up for good [F] just an hour _ before.
[G] Uh uh uh uh uh uh [Am] uh uh uh. _ _
_ _ Yeah, I like this.
This is it.
What's working out so far?
So good.
All right.
Now I'm staring at their bodies as they're [F] dancing across the floor.
[G] Uh uh uh uh uh uh [Am] uh uh uh.
_ _ [F] _ _ Cause they [C] don't ride them like that _ [G] anymore. _
_ [Dm] _ And they haven't since 1984.
_ [F] _ _ They just don't [C]
ride them like that _ [G] anymore. _ _
_ _ _ _ [Am] We've been living together for a million years.
Uh uh [G] uh uh uh uh uh uh.
_ And I feel so strange [F] out in the atmosphere.
[G] Uh uh uh uh uh [Am] uh uh uh uh.
_ [A] And the jukebox plays a [F] song I used to know.
[G] Uh uh uh uh uh uh uh [A] uh uh.
_ _ I'm staring at their bodies, they're [F] dancing so slow.
Uh [G] uh uh uh uh uh [Am] uh uh.
[G] All right.
[F] _ _ They [C] don't ride them like that [G] anymore.
_ _ [Dm] _ _
_ _ [F] _ They just [C] don't ride them like [G] that anymore. _ _ _ _ _
_ [A] We've been living together [F] for a million years.
[G] Uh uh uh uh uh [Am] uh uh uh.
And [A] I feel so strange [F] out in the atmosphere.
[D] Uh uh uh uh uh uh uh uh [A] uh. _
And the jukebox plays a song [F] I used to know.
[G] Uh uh uh uh uh uh uh uh [Am] uh. _
_ _ Staring at the bodies, [F] they're dancing so slow.
[G] Uh uh uh uh uh uh [Am] uh uh uh.
Okay, [G] everybody at home, sing [F] it now.
_ _ _ [C] _ _
_ [G] _ Yeah, that's_
louder, [A] please.
[Em] All right.
[F] _ _ [G] They just [C] don't ride them [Em] like that [G] anymore. _ _ _
_ _ [E] _ [Am] Oh.
_ _ [F] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [Am] _
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_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [Am] _
_ _ [A] Now I wind up staring [F] at an empty glass.
[G] Uh uh uh uh uh uh [A] uh uh.
_ It's so easy to say [F] you'll forget your past.
[G] Uh uh uh uh uh [Am] uh uh [G] uh.
_ _ [E] They [C] don't ride them like that [G] anymore.
_ _ [Dm] _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ They [C] just don't ride them [D] like that [G] anymore. _ _ _
_ [E] Oh!
[F] _ [C] Oh, they just don't.
_ No, they don't!
_ No, [Dm] no!
_ _ [Em] [F] Uh uh!
_ _ _ [C] _
[G] All right, here we go. _ _ _ _
One, two, three, [Am] four. _ _ _ _
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Yeah!
[N] _ _ _ _ _ _
Thank you. _ _ _ _ _ _