Chords for The Refreshments - Love In Vain

[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
Don't bring [G] up the past, _ _ it cuts [Em] like a knife. _ _
The [G] days that we had was _ the [Em] time of my life. _
But I'll [C] never let it show, _ _ _ you [D] don't really want to know. _ _
So don't [G] ask no questions, _ _ and I'll [Em] tell no _ lies _ _
about [G] how I've been. _ _ _
Why those [Em] tired _ eyes _ _ can [C] no longer hide _
the [D] secrets in my mind. _
[G] Oh, _ why, _ [C] why won't [G] it let go?
_ [C] _ _
After [G] a lifetime [C] of running, feeling [D] still broke. _ _
_ [G] What a waste [C] of love, all gone [G] down the drain.
_ [C] _
I'm telling [G] you my [C] life story, it's [D] sad but it's all
_ But a [G] man in pain, _ [D] _
and a [G] love in vain.
_ [D] _ _
_ [G] Sometimes you're gone, _ _ for months [Em] or a year. _ _ _ _
But [G] then again, _ _ _ from [Em] out of nowhere. _ _ _
Maybe in [C] the still of the night, _ next [D] time at a traffic light. _ _
Yeah, I never [G] know, _ _ _ when the [Em] hurt's gonna come. _ _ _
I [G] only know, _ _ it's just a [Em] matter of time. _
Before memories [C] are coming round, _ _ and I'm back [D] on shaky ground. _ _ _
[G] Oh, _ why, _ [C] why won't [G] it let go?
_ _ [C] _ _
After [G] a lifetime [C] of running, feeling [D] still broke. _ _ _
What [G] a _ waste [C] of love, all gone [G] down the drain.
_ [C] I'm _ telling [G] you my _ [C] life story, it's [D] sad but it's all
_ But a [G] man in pain, _ [D] _
and a [G] love in vain. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _
[B] Now the sky ain't that blue, and [Em] the sun don't shine so bright.
Since [A] you're leaving, changed my living.
_ [C] Nowadays my [D] old face, ain't no pleasant [G] sight.
_ _ [D] _ _
I've been [G] to places, _ _ _ I've done all [Em] kinds of things. _ _
To [G] wipe out the traces, _ _ _ and to break [Em] the strings.
But _ all through [C] the years I've lied, _ _ and I'm [D] still crying inside. _ _
[G] Oh, _ why, [C] why _ won't it [G] let go?
_ _ [C] _ _
[G] After a lifetime [C] of running, feeling [D] still broke. _ _ _
[G] What a _ waste [C] of love, all [G] gone down the drain.
_ _ [C] _
I'm telling [G] you my life [C] story, it's sad [D] but it's all _ _
But a man [G] in pain, _ _ [D] _
and a love [G] in vain.
[D] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _