Verse 1: 
          D 
There's a naked light bulb hangin' ove my head. 
                              
Nothin' but a shadow on your side of the bed. 
       G                                                       D 
I been talkin' to the walls but we're running out of things to say. 
 
Verse 2: 
        D 
I don't wanna toss and turn another night. 
 
I need a crowd of people, some neon light. 
G                                                 D 
Smoke so thick you choke, jokes but there hard to take. 
 
Pre|-chorus: 
   A 
It ain't no laughin' matter, 
        G                     D 
I'll do anything to shake the ache. 

       G               D 
When I said goodbye to you, 
        G               A 
I broke my own heart in two.  
 
Verse 3: 
D 
All I really need to start a new romance, 
 
is tequila and a pretty girl that likes to dance. 
            G                                       D 
And let the good times roll, but I know I'd hit the brake. 
 
Pre|-chorus 2: 
        A 
Just as soon as we get rollin' 
        G                    D 
Cause I just can't shake the ache. 
 
Solo: D  D   G   D  G  A 
 
Verse 4: 
  D 
I opened up the wound and I threw on the salt. 
 
Tried to make you think it was all your fault. 
G                                                  D 
Sorry that I hurt you, the pain is more than I can take. 
 
Verse 5: 
        D 
Now the clock is tickin' to loud, the foset drips. 
 
On this love foresaken shell of a sinkin' ship. 
     G                                 D 
It's going down in the middle of a big mistake. 
 
Pre|-chorus 3: 
       A         
I been swimmin' round in circles  
      G                    D 
and I just can't shake the ache. 
 
Chorus2: 
       G               D 
When I said goodbye to you, 
        G               A 
I broke my own heart in two. 
 
 
Outro: 
            G             D 
Now there's nothing I can do. 
  A 
I love ya and I need ya 
      G 
and I just can't shake, 
A 
Life's no good without ya girl 
  G 
I just can't make it. 
A 
Sorry that I hurt you 
      G                            D 
And I just can't shake the ache. 
 
 
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