Intro
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  "I lost her in 1978,"
A                        E                D
  He tells me then looks away.
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  It's simple, he loved her so.
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A tenderness, you can't let go.
              B                           G                          E
He said, "Son, you don't forget your first true love,
She won't forget you too, no."

A           E                 D
  I only like the sad songs.
(From the rock bands no one knows.)
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 No one gets me like the sad songs.
(When I'm lost and all alone.)
                A                    E
I put the needle on the record,
            D                                   Dm
And if only for one second, it's enough.

A          E          D

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  Her father, he arranged the marriage
A            E           D
  And he gave away
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  His daughter's heart, for goodness sake.
D
   What a shame, what a big mistake.
A                                        E                  D
  A daughter's heart's not a good one to break.
                B                      G
So I said "Love, it has no age.
Just wait,
             E
You'll find someone who will call you baby."

A           E                 D
  I only like the sad songs.
(From the rock bands no one knows.)
A                        E                 D
 No one gets me like the sad songs.
(When I'm lost and all alone.)
                A                    E
I put the needle on the record,
            D                                   Dm
And if only for one second, it's enough.

                               E
You only like the sad songs.
               D                                A
Here's a sad song for you, my love.

A            E               D (4x)

B            G                E


A           E                 D
  I only like the sad songs.
(From the rock bands no one knows.)
A                        E                 D
 No one gets me like the sad songs.
(When I'm lost and all alone.)
                A                    E
I put the needle on the record,
            D                                   Dm
And if only for one second, it's enough.

                               A
You only like the sad songs.
Dm                               A
      You only like the sad songs.
Dm                                    A
      You say you like the sad songs.
              E~                               Dm~
Here's a sad song for you, my love.
                 A~
For you, my love.