C

[Verse 1]
C
Her mother wrote a letter,
C
Said she thought it would be better
   F                   Dm
If she would just stay gone.
    G7
She knew of her condition,
G7
But she wouldn't give permission
    C
For her to come back home.
C
So she called the boy who loved her
C
But all he did was snub her,
       F               Dm
Said, "face it on your own."
  G7              C
Mm-mm, love don't last long.

[Verse 2]
C
A young man was unlucky
C
And got busted in kentucky,
          F             Dm
Asked his dad to go his bail.
        G7
But his dad had big ambitions
G7
With the local politicians,
         C
Told his son to go to hell.
C
He hung himself that morning
C
And the note that they found on him
       F                   Dm
Said, "dad, please take me home."
  G7              C          A7
Mm-mm, love don't last long.

[Verse 3]
  D
A woman told her husband,
D
She lived ev'ry day to love him,
        G                Em
Nothing else fits in her plans.
A7
Then without a warning,
A7
He came home from work one morning,
          D
Found her there with another man.
D
In a fit of anger
D
He took her life and the stranger's,
G                Em
Then he took his own.
  A7              D
Mm-mm, love don't last long.

[Outro]
D  Bm A G   Em  A7
D  Bm A G   Em