Key: A
Introduction:
A C# F#m D
"I lost her in 1978"
A C# F#m D
He tells me then looks away
A C# F#m D
It's simple he loved her so
A C# F#m
A tenderness you can't let go
D A G
He said, "Son you don't forget your first true love
F#m
She won't forget you too"
A G D
I only like the sad songs
(From the rock bands no one knows)
A G D
No one gets me like the sad songs
(When I'm lost and I'm all alone)
A G
Just put the needle on the record
D E
And if only for one second, it's enough
A C# F#m D
Her father he arranged the marriage
A C# F#m D
And he gave away
A C#
His daughter's heart, for goodness sake
F#m D
What a shame, what a big mistake
A C# F#m
A daughter's heart's not a good one to break
D A
So I said "love it has no age
G F#m
Just wait, you'll find someone who will call you 'baby'"
A G D
I only like the sad songs
(From the rock bands no one knows)
A G D
No one gets me like the sad songs
(When I'm lost and I'm all alone)
A G
Just put the needle on the record
D E
And if only for one second, it's enough
G
You only like the sad songs?
D
Well here's a sad song for you my love
A G D
I only like the sad songs
(From the rock bands no one knows)
A G D
No one gets me like the sad songs
(When I'm lost and I'm all alone)
A G
Just put the needle on the record
D E
And if only for one second, it's enough
G E
You only like the sad songs
G E
You only like the sad songs
G
You say you like the sad songs
E(strum Dm(strum
Here's a sad song for you my love
A (strum slowly once)