INTRO:
A E F#m E

#1.
A                      E
Why does the sun go on shining..
F#m                      C#m
why does the sea rush to shore?
D          Bm       C#m             F#
Don't they know it's the end of the world..
Bm                         Dm       E
cause you don't love me anymore?

#2.
A                      E
Why do the birds go on singing..
F#m                   C#m
why do the stars glow above?
D          Bm       C#m             F#
Don't they know it's the end of the world?..
     Bm         E         A
it ended when I lost your love.

BRIDGE:
  D                            A
I wake up in the morning and I wonder..
    D                E          A
why everything's the same as it was?
C#m                     F#
I can't understand..no, I can't understand..
    Bm                   Dm         E
how life goes on the way it does.

#3.
A                       E
Why does my heart go on beating?
F#m                       C#m
Why do these eyes of mine cry?
D          Bm            C#m        F#
Don't they know it's the end of the world?..
 Bm   E                    A        F
it ended when you said goodbye.

(SPOKEN: AD LIB:)
Bb                      F
Why does my heart go on beating?
Gm                        Dm
Why do these eyes of mine cry?

OUTRO:
Eb         Cm            Dm         G
Don't they know it's the end of the world?..
Cm                F        Bb
it ended when you said goodbye.

(Bb) F/A  Eb  F
       Bb
Good...bye.