{ CHORUS }  – – – – –  [E] heartaches by the number, [A] troubles by the score, [B] Every day you love me less, each day I love you [E] more. Yes, I’ve got [E] heartaches by the number, a [A] love that I can’t win. But the [B] day that I stop counting, that’s the day my world will [E] end.

[E] Heartache number one was when you [A] left me;
I [B] never knew that I could hurt this [E] way.

And [E] heartache number two was when you [A] came back again, [B] You came back and never meant to [E] stay.

Now I’ve got   { CHORUS }  – – – – – 

[ E A B ] Heartache number three was when you called me, and said that you were coming back to stay.  With hopeful heart I waited for your knock on the door.  I waited but you must have lost your way.

PAUSE – SIGH – SCROLL UP – CONTINUE
I felt the need to add a healthier verse

(CHORUS – loved past tense)  I’m over  [E] heartaches by the number, [A] troubles by the score, [B] Every day you loved me less, each day I loved you [E] more.  I’m through with [E] heartaches by the number, a [A] love I can’t win. The [B] day that I stopped counting, that’s the day this all would [E] end.

[ E A B ] Heartache number four just didn’t happen,  because I am fin’ly over you.   No more wasted nights sittin’ down by the phone.  You might say that my counting days are through.

(CHORUS – loved past tense)  I’ve no more  [E] heartaches by the number, [A] troubles by the score, [B] Every day you loved me less, each day I loved you [E] more. I’m through with [E] heartaches by the number, a [A] love I can’t win. And the [B] day that I stopped counting, that’s the day this all would [E] end.