The End of the World by Skeeter Davis

Skeeter Davis

Album
The End of the World
Released
1962

The End of the World - Skeeter Davis

[Verse] D# D# Bb  Bb  - Cm  Cm Gm  Gm

        Fm Fm Gm C7 - Fm (Fm G#m Bb7)

(Why does the sun go on shining) - …

(Why does the sea rush to shore) - …

Don't they know

It's the end of the world

('Cause you don't love me anymore)


(Why do the birds go on singing)  [Verse]

(Why do the stars glow above)     (Bb7 D#

(It ended when I lost your love)      D#)


[Bridge] G# G# D# D# - G# Bb  D#  D#

         Gm Gm C7 C7 - Fm Fm G#m Bb7

I wake up in the morning and I wonder - …

Why everything's the same as it was   - …

((…/No) I can't understand x2)

How life goes on the way it does

                                  [Intro]

[Verse #3] (Bb7 D# B)               D# Bb

(Why does my heart go on beating)   Cm Gm

(Why do these eyes of mine cry)

(It ended when you said goodbye)


[Verse  E   E   B  B  - C#m C#m G#m G#m

    #3] F#m F#m G#m C#7 -   [Rit] F#m B7

        E   G#m F#m F#m-B7 - E