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] G# G# D#  D#  - Fm  Fm Cm  Cm

        Bbm Bbm Cm F7 - Bbm (Bbm C#m D#7)

(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)     (D#7 G#

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


[Bridge] C# C# G# G# - C# D#  G#  G#

         Cm Cm F7 F7 - Bbm Bbm C#m D#7

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] (D#7 G# E)               G# D#

(Why does my heart go on beating)   Fm Cm

(Why do these eyes of mine cry)

(It ended when you said goodbye)


[Verse  A   A   E  E  - F#m F#m C#m C#m

    #3] Bm Bm C#m F#7 -   [Rit] Bm E7

        A   C#m Bm Bm-E7 - A