#------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. #---------------------------------------------------------------------# TABBY CAT MUSIC ARCHIVES ******************************************************************************** Transcribed by: asf0@comcast.net Alice Franceschini Date: September 3, 2021 Album: Retrospective Written by: Arthur Kent (music) and Sylvia Dee (lyrics) Note: Courier, size 12, will align chords over the lyrics properly. In the recording key. END OF THE WORLD Herman Hermits Intro: F C Dm C F C 1. Why does the sun go on shining? Dm Am Why does the sea rush to shore? Gm Am Don't they know it's the end of the world, Bb Gm C C7 `cause you don't love me any more? F C 2. Why does my heart go on beating? Dm Am Why do these eyes of mine cry? Gm Am Don't they know it's the end of the world? Bb C F It ended when you said good-bye. Bb F I wake up in the morning and I wonder Gm F why everything's the same as it was. Am Dm And I can't understand, no, I can't understand, Bb C C7 why life goes on the way it does. F C 3. Why do the birds go on singing? Dm Am Why do the stars shine above? Gm Am Don't they know it's the end of the world? Bb C F It ended when I lost your love. F-C-Dm-Am- Gm Am Don't they know it's the end of the world? Bb C F Bb F C7 F It ended when you said good-bye.