Heartaches By The Number

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+: Blow note
−: Draw note
b or ': Half-step bend
bb or '': Two half-step bend
bbb or ''': Three half-step bend
(###): Chord — relevant hole numbers in parentheses
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HEARTACHES BY THE NUMBER

8      -9   8   -8 -8
Heart-ache num-ber one 
7    6    5   -5  -6
was when you left me,
8  -9 8   -9   -9
I nev-er knew that 
-7  6    -7   -6   6
I could hurt this way,

-8    8    -9   8  -8   -8   
And heart-ache num-ber two,
7    6    5   -5   -5  6  -6
Was when you come back a-gain,
-9   8    -9  -8  -7  6   8    -8  7
You came back and nev-er meant to stay.


6    7   -8    8    -9   8   -8 -8   7
Now I've got heart-aches by the num-ber,
-5    -5  -5   6   -6
Trou-bles by the score,
-9  8  -9  -8   -7  7   -7
Ev-‘ry day you love me less,
-7    -7 7  -7  -6   6
Each day I love you more,
6     7   -8    8    -9   8  -8  -8   7
Yes, I've got heart-aches by the num-ber,
-5 -5   -5 -5  6     -6
A love that I can't win,
-8   8   -9  8  -9  -8   -7    6
But the day that I stop count-ing,
-6     -6   6  -9   8    -8   7
That's the day my world will end.

8      -9   8   -8 -8
Heart-ache num-ber three 
7    6    5   -5  -6
was when you called me,
8    -9   8   -9  -8   -7  6   -6  6   6 
And said that you was com-ing back to stay,
8     8    -9   8  -8  -8   7
With hope-ful heart I wait-ed,


6    5     -5  -5  6   -6   
For your knock on the door,
-9 -9  8  -9  -8   -7   6    -6   -7   7
I wait-ed but you must have lost your way.

6    7   -8    8    -9   8   -8 -8   7
Now I've got heart-aches by the num-ber,
-5    -5  -5   6   -6
Trou-bles by the score,
-9  8  -9  -8   -7  7   -7
Ev-‘ry day you love me less,
-7    -7 7  -7  -6   6
Each day I love you more,
6     7   -8    8    -9   8  -8  -8   7
Yes, I've got heart-aches by the num-ber,
-5 -5   -5 -5  6     -6
A love that I can't win,
-8   8   -9  8  -9  -8   -7    6
But the day that I stop count-ing,
-6     -6   6  -9   8    -8   7
That's the day my world will end.

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