Love Dont Last Long

C 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. 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. 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. D Bm A G Em A7 D Bm A G Em