(Originally in Bb)  
(Capo 3) 
Form: AABAA1 

G                      D  
Why does the sun go on shining  
Em                       Bm  
Why does the sea rush to shore  
Am                       E  
Don't they know it's the end of the world  
C                Am      D7   
'Cause you don't love me anymore  

G                      D  
Why do the birds go on singing  
Em                    Bm  
Why do the stars glow above  
Am                       Bm         E 
Don't they know it's the end of the world  
C             D7          G  
It ended when I lost your love  

C                             G  
I wake up in the morning and I wonder  
C                  D           G      
Why everythings the same as it was  
Bm                       E 
I can't understand, no I can't understand  
C             Am           D7  
How life goes on the way it does  

G                       D   
Why does my heart go on beating  
Em                      Bm  
Why do these eyes of mine cry  
Am                       Bm         E 
Don't they know it's the end of the world  
C                 D7       G  
It ended when you said goodbye  
  
(spoken)  
G#                      D#  
Why does my heart go on beating  
Fm                      Cm  
Why do these eyes of mine cry  
(sung)  
A#m                     Cm          F 
Don't they know it's the end of the world  
C#                D#7      G#  
It ended when you said goodbye