Guy Mitchell, Heartaches By The Number (1959)
^{Key: :[B] (w: Harlan Howard) (Ray Price, 1959, Bb)}

INTRO: [B] [E] [B] ^[E] ^[B]

CHORUS:
[B] Heartaches by the number [E] troubles by the score
[F#] Everyday you love me less each day I love you [B] more [B open]
Yes, I've got [B] heartaches by the number, a [E] love that I can't win
But the [F#] day that I stop counting that's the day my world will [B] end

VERSE 1:
[B] Heartache number one was when you [E] left me
I [F#] never knew that I'd could hurt this [B] way
And [B] heartache number two was when you [E] come back again
[F#] You came back and never meant to [B] stay [B open]
Yes, I've got...

REPEAT CHORUS:

INSTRUMENTAL: [B] [E] [B] ^[E] ^[B]

VERSE 2:
[B] Heartache number three was when you [E] called me
And [F#] said that you was coming back to [B] stay
With hopeful heart I waited for your [E] knock on the door
I [F#] waited but you must have lost your [B] way [B open]
Yes, I've got...

REPEAT CHORUS: (ending: [B] [E] [B open])