EB Why does the sun go on shining?
C#mG#m Why does the sea rush to shore?
F#mG#m Don't they know it's the end of the world,
AF#mBB7 When you don't love me anymore?
 #2. 
EB Why does my heart go on beating?
C#mG#m Why do these eyes of mine cry?
F#mG#m Don't they know it's the end of the world?
AF#mBB7 It ended when you said, goodbye.
 CHORUS: 
AE I wake up in the morning and I wonder,
BE why everything's the same as it was.
G#mF#m I can't understand, no I can't understand,
ABB7 why life goes on the way it does.
 #3. 
EB Why do the birds go on singing?
C#mG#m Why do the stars shine above?
F#mG#m Don't they know it's the end of the world?
ABE It ended when I lost your love.
 OUTRO: 
F#mG#m Don't they know it's the end of the world?
ABE