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In 1981 The Greg Kihn Band was relesed, its second highest-charting single was The Break Up Song. Am C G Am Intro: Twice --------------------------------0---| -----1-0-1-----1-0-1-----0------1---| ---2---------0-------------2-0--2---| -----------------------0--------2---| -0---------3--------------------0---| ---------------------3--------------| Vs: Am, F, G, Am Ch: F, C, G - Dm, F, C, G, G
We had A5broken up for good just an F5hour before, Ah ah G5ah ah ah ah ah A5ah. And now I'm A5staring at the bodies as they're F5dancing 'cross the floor. Ah ah G5ah ah ah ah ah A5ah. And then the A5band slowed the tempo, and the F5music gets you down. Ah ah G5ah ah ah ah ah A5ah. It was the A5same old song, with a F5melancholy sound. GG A5 G5 F5 Ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah.
Chorus:
They don't C5write 'em like that anyG5more. D5 They just don't F5write 'em like that anyC5more. G5 G5
We'd been living together for a million years, Ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah. But now it feels so strange out of the atmospheres. Ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah. Intro x 2 And then the jukebox plays a song I used to know. Ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah. And now I'm staring at the bodies as they're dancing so slow. Ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah. Chorus: Intro x 2 Now I'm winding up staring at an empty glass Ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah. Cause it's so easy to say that you'll forget your past. Ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah. They don't write 'em like that anymore. No, they just don't write 'em like that anymore. Oh, they don't write 'em like that anymore. They just don't write 'em like that anymore. They just don't, no they don't, no no, uh-uh, They just don't write 'em like that anymore. They just don't...(fades)