Tom: C
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G F G F
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G F G F
I don’t believe the story, but maybe it’s one I need to hear
G F G F
You get one hell of a party, oh even if the spirit’s insincere
Em7 A
Because I hate beginnings
C G
But can’t handle ends
Em7 A
So is it worse to marry
C D
Or to die as friends?
G F
When you don’t believe the story
G F
But maybe it’s one you need to hear
G F
Well as half the folks I know start to go
G F
It’s becoming all too clear
[Verse]
F C
Brian ordered his old fashioned after I ordered mine
F C
We compared notes on what brought us to this DoubleTree at the IC waterline
F C
I bemoaned the ceremony, he said his kids would be OK
Dm G C
When I was singing Ben E. King, he was living out the 50 Ways
F C F C F Am
F
Oh man, I got to thinking, after we’d been drinking
Dm7
That maybe what they say is true
[Chorus]
G F G F
'Cause I don’t believe the story, but maybe it’s one I need to hear
G F G F
You get one hell of a party, oh even if the spirit’s insincere
Em7 A
'Cause I hate beginnings
C G
But can’t handle ends
Em7 A
So is it worse to marry
C D
Or to die as friends?
G F
When you don’t believe the story
G F
But maybe it’s one you need to hear
G F
Well as half the folks I know start to go
G F
It’s becoming all too clear
[Verse]
F C
Five years ago, Katherine referenced the insurmountable
F C
By two years ago, at the altar, I assumed he’d been held accountable
F C
I’d had my suspicions, but it wasn’t my place
Dm G C
And now he’s wasting his breath just trying to plead his case
F C F C F Am (x2)
F
Oh man, I started thinking, after we’d been drinking
D7
That maybe what they say is true
--- Instrumental (the same pattern of G and F as the chorus/intro) ---
[Chorus]
Em7 A
Because I hate beginnings
C G
Ah, can’t handle ends
Em7 A
So is it worse to marry
C D
Or to die as friends?
G F G F
When you don’t believe the story, but maybe it’s one you need to hear
G F
Well as half the folks I know start to go
G F
It’s becoming all too clear
