G              F                  G              F
E|x-x-(3)---3---7-x-x-5-x-5-x-7-5-5-x-x-(3)---3---7-x-x-5-x-5-x-7-5---x-x---| N.C.
B|x-x-(3)---3---8-x-x-6-x-6-x-6-6-6-x-x-(3)---3---8-x-x-6-x-6-x-6-6---x-x---|
G|x-x-(4)---4---7-x-x-5-x-5-x-5-5-5-x-x-(4)---4---7-x-x-5-x-5-x-5-5---x-x---|
D|x-x--5---(5)---------------------------5---(5)----------------------------|
A|x-x--5---(5)---------------------------5---(5)----------------------------|
E|x-x--3---(3)---------------------------3---(3)----------------------------|


       G              F               G                 F
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B|x-x-(3)---3---8-x-x-6-x-6-x-6-6-6-6-3-(3)---3---8-\-0-6-x-6-x-6-6-6-x-x---|
G|x-x-(4)---4---7-x-x-5-x-5-x-5-5-5-5-4-(4)---4---7-\-0-5-x-5-x-5-5-5-x-x---|
D|x-x--5---(5)---------------------------5---(5)----------------------------|
A|x-x--5---(5)---------------------------5---(5)----------------------------|
E|x-x--3---(3)---------------------------3---(3)----------------------------|


   G                  F                    G             F
I don’t believe the story, but maybe it’s one I need to hear
         G              F                    G            F
You get one hell of a party, oh even if the spirit’s insincere
Em7             A
Because I hate beginnings
C                G
But can’t handle ends
Em7               A
So is it worse to marry
C            D
Or to die as friends?
           G               F
When you don’t believe the story
               G                F
But maybe it’s one you need to hear
          G               F
Well as half the folks I know start to go
       G                F
It’s becoming all too clear

[Verse]

F                                 C
Brian ordered his old fashioned after I ordered mine
F                                                      C
We compared notes on what brought us to this DoubleTree at the IC waterline
F                                C
I bemoaned the ceremony, he said his kids would be OK
             Dm                          G                 C
When I was singing Ben E. King, he was living out the 50 Ways

F C F C F Am

F
Oh man, I got to thinking, after we’d been drinking
      Dm7
That maybe what they say is true

[Chorus]

         G                   F                    G              F
'Cause I don’t believe the story, but maybe it’s one I need to hear
         G              F                    G           F
You get one hell of a party, oh even if the spirit’s insincere
Em7              A
'Cause I hate beginnings
C                G
But can’t handle ends
Em7               A
So is it worse to marry
C            D
Or to die as friends?
           G               F
When you don’t believe the story
                G                F
But maybe it’s one you need to hear
          G                F
Well as half the folks I know start to go
        G               F
It’s becoming all too clear

[Verse]

F                         C
Five years ago, Katherine referenced the insurmountable
F                                    C
By two years ago, at the altar, I assumed he’d been held accountable
F                                         C
I’d had my suspicions, but it wasn’t my place
               Dm                      G                   C
And now he’s wasting his breath just trying to plead his case

F C F C F Am (x2)

F
Oh man, I started thinking, after we’d been drinking
       D7
That maybe what they say is true


--- Instrumental (the same pattern of G and F as the chorus/intro) ---

[Chorus]

Em7                A
Because I hate beginnings
C                G
Ah, can’t handle ends
Em7               A
So is it worse to marry
C            D
Or to die as friends?
           G               F                      G               F
When you don’t believe the story, but maybe it’s one you need to hear
          G                 F
Well as half the folks I know start to go
        G               F
It’s becoming all too clear