Biography:
While Greg Kihn may have found a home for his music when he moved to Berkeley in 1974 and signed on with Beserkley Records, it would take almost a decade to find a successful formula for his music. Winding from Dylanesque folk to merseyesque rock, by the early '80s Kihn and his band found they shared elements of new wave music, and scored their first US hit, "The Breakup Song (They Don't Write 'Em)." Kihn had a bigger hit the following year with "Jeopardy," which peaked in the States at number 2.
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The Breakup Song – The Greg Kihn Band
From the Album “RocKihnRoll” - 1981
[Intro Riff] x2
Am FM7/C G Am
e|--------------------------------------0-----|
B|---------0-1--------0-1-------0-------1-----|
G|-------2----------2---------0---2-0---2-----|
D|-----2----------3---------0-----------2-----|
A|---0----------3-----------------------0-----|
E|--------------------------------------------|
[VERSE 1]
Am F
We had broken up for good just an hour before
G Am
Ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah
Am F
Now I'm staring at the bodies as they're dancing 'cross the floor
G Am
Ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah
Am F
And then the band slowed the tempo and the music took you down
G Am
Ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah
Am F
It was the same old song with a melancholy sound
G Am G G
Ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah
[CHORUS]
F F C C G G Dm Dm
They don't write 'em like that anymore
F F C C Gsus4 G
They just don't write 'em like that anymore
[VERSE 2]
Am F
We'd been living together for a million years
G Am
Ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah
Am F
But now it feels so strange out in the - atmospheres
G Am
Ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah
Am F
And then the jukebox plays a song I used to know
G Am
Ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah
Am F
And now I'm staring at the bodies as they're dancing so slow
G Am G G
Ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah
[CHORUS]
F F C C G G Dm Dm
They don't write 'em like that anymore
F F C C Gsus4 G
They don't write 'em like that anymore
[Intro Riff] x2
Am FM7/C G Am
e|--------------------------------------0-----|
B|---------0-1--------0-1-------0-------1-----|
G|-------2----------2---------0---2-0---2-----|
D|-----2----------3---------0-----------2-----|
A|---0----------3-----------------------0-----|
E|--------------------------------------------|
[VERSE 3]
Am F
Mmmm, Now I'm winding up staring at an empty glass
G Am
Ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah
Am F
‘Cause it's so easy to say that you'll forget your past
G Am G G
Ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah
[CHORUS]
F F C C G G Dm Dm
They don't write 'em like that anymore No,
F F C C Gsus4 G
They just don't write 'em like that anymore
F F C C G G Dm Dm
They don't write 'em like that anymore
F F C C Gsus4 G
They just don't write 'em like that anymore
F F C C G G Dm Dm
They just don't no they don't no no uh-uh
F F C C G G Gsus4 G
They just don't write 'em like that anymore
F F C C G G Dm Dm
Etc to fade….
From the Album “RocKihnRoll” - 1981
[Intro Riff] x2
Am FM7/C G Am
e|--------------------------------------0-----|
B|---------0-1--------0-1-------0-------1-----|
G|-------2----------2---------0---2-0---2-----|
D|-----2----------3---------0-----------2-----|
A|---0----------3-----------------------0-----|
E|--------------------------------------------|
[VERSE 1]
Am F
We had broken up for good just an hour before
G Am
Ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah
Am F
Now I'm staring at the bodies as they're dancing 'cross the floor
G Am
Ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah
Am F
And then the band slowed the tempo and the music took you down
G Am
Ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah
Am F
It was the same old song with a melancholy sound
G Am G G
Ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah
[CHORUS]
F F C C G G Dm Dm
They don't write 'em like that anymore
F F C C Gsus4 G
They just don't write 'em like that anymore
[VERSE 2]
Am F
We'd been living together for a million years
G Am
Ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah
Am F
But now it feels so strange out in the - atmospheres
G Am
Ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah
Am F
And then the jukebox plays a song I used to know
G Am
Ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah
Am F
And now I'm staring at the bodies as they're dancing so slow
G Am G G
Ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah
[CHORUS]
F F C C G G Dm Dm
They don't write 'em like that anymore
F F C C Gsus4 G
They don't write 'em like that anymore
[Intro Riff] x2
Am FM7/C G Am
e|--------------------------------------0-----|
B|---------0-1--------0-1-------0-------1-----|
G|-------2----------2---------0---2-0---2-----|
D|-----2----------3---------0-----------2-----|
A|---0----------3-----------------------0-----|
E|--------------------------------------------|
[VERSE 3]
Am F
Mmmm, Now I'm winding up staring at an empty glass
G Am
Ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah
Am F
‘Cause it's so easy to say that you'll forget your past
G Am G G
Ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah
[CHORUS]
F F C C G G Dm Dm
They don't write 'em like that anymore No,
F F C C Gsus4 G
They just don't write 'em like that anymore
F F C C G G Dm Dm
They don't write 'em like that anymore
F F C C Gsus4 G
They just don't write 'em like that anymore
F F C C G G Dm Dm
They just don't no they don't no no uh-uh
F F C C G G Gsus4 G
They just don't write 'em like that anymore
F F C C G G Dm Dm
Etc to fade….
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