Tom: A Intro: A4 A E/G# D/F# D6/F# D9 A In bed beside you with the curtains drawn C#7/4 /Ab C#m7/Ab For an hour at least I can pretend we're born F#m D7+ D6 To be together and fate alone is keeping me from you A But there's a price we pay when we live a lie C#7/4 /Ab C#m7/Ab And you find it hard to meet my eye F#m When you start to dress as we kiss goodbye D7+ D6 And I know we're coming to A4 A E/G# The end of the affair D/F# D6/F# D9 The end of the affair A4 A I could love you for eternity E/G# The fact remains you don't belong to me D/F# D6/F# D9 (The end of the affair) A I could tell the story of my love for you C#7/4 /Ab C#m7/Ab With a detailed list of every rendez-vous F#m Discreet hotels we've checked into D7+ D6 How and when and where A But a cold recital of the facts would miss C#7/4 /Ab C#m7/Ab The poetry, the way you kiss F#m The sense of loss now as come to this D7+ D6 The bitter sweet despair A4 A E/G# The end of the affair D/F# D6/F# D9 The end of the affair A4 A I could love you for eternity E/G# The fact remains you don't belong to me D/F# D6/F# D9 (The end of the affair) A Well I'm old enough to know right from wrong C#7/4 /Ab C#m7/Ab So I tell myself I should be strong F#m In time I'll learn to get along D7+ D6 Without you being near A But I know I'm living when I'm by your side C#7/4 /Ab C#m7/Ab You're a rollercoaster, a fairground ride F#m My conscience and desires collide D7+ D6 Like rockets in midair A4 A E/G# The end of the affair D/F# D6/F# D9 The end of the affair A4 A I could love you till the stars don't shine E/G# But I'm not yours and you're not mine D/F# D6/F# D9 (The end of the affair) D7+ D6 D7+ D7+/9 A It's o- ver, it's o ver, It's over SOLO | A | % | E/G# | % | F#m | % | D | % | | A | % | E/G# | % | F#m | % | D | % | A4 A E/G# The end of the affair D/F# D6/F# D9 The end of the affair A4 A I could love you for eternity E/G# The fact remains you don't belong to me D/F# D6/F# D9 (The end of the affair) A The first few days are gonna drag real slow C#7/4 /Ab C#m7/Ab I'm gonna think I see you everywhere I go F#m These are routine symptoms ex-lovers show D7+ D6 The battle scars they share A I already miss your worried smile C#7/4 /Ab C#m7/Ab Guilty secrets weren't your style F#m But you had me fooled for a little while D7+ D6 That makes it hard to bear A4 A E/G# The end of the affair D/F# D6/F# D9 The end of the affair A4 A I could love you till the stars don't shine E/G# But I'm not yours and you're not mine D/F# D6/F# D9 (The end of the affair) D7+ D6 D7+ D7+ 4 A It's o- ver, it's o ver, It's over