I Was Born To Sing Sad Songs

E E E E E B I wanted to write you a song that would rightly express in three minutes or less How elated that you leave me, after you have come to see me B7 E That the whole world ought to know my happiness E7 A Am Alas, when I find a moment to write and think of the perfect lines E C#m You call to say you're never coming back Am B7 E And then I have to start over from scratch E I wander the streets of this town B Tying knots in my brow, thinking my thoughts out loud If words were as specific as my heart is prolific B7 E Then you would have had one hundred songs by now E7 A Am But, oh, happy day, that I didn't say it or put it to song, anyway E C#m I started out this tune from meeting you Am B E And then I ended up singing the blues B Am I was born to sing sad songs E G# That go on for more than three minutes long C#m G#m7 Am And I feel another coming on E Now that you're gone B Am I was born to sing sad songs E G# That go on for more than three minutes long C#m I'd be pleasantly surprised F# B7 B If for once I could write a happy love song that didn't make people cry E E E E E I could have played it G# Over and over A Am Unsettling the dust on the shelves forever E G# You'd hear it late at night A B Playing in my heart E G# Now your ears are close like flowers A Am I spend all of my waking hours E G# Singing this song instead A B Like so many times before B Am I was born to sing sad songs E G# That go on for more than three minutes long C#m G#m7 Am And I feel another coming on E Now that you're gone B Am I was born to sing sad songs E G# That go on for more than three minutes long C#m I'd be pleasantly surprised F# B7 B If for once I could write a happy love song that didn't make people cry E I could have played it G# Over and over A Am Unsettling the dust on the shelves forever E G# You'd hear it late at night A Am E Playing in my heart