Verse 1:
D
Loretta broke my heart in a letter
A
she told me she was leaving and her life would be better.
A
Joan broke it off over the phone
D
after the tone, she left me alone.
D
Jen said she’d never ever see me again,
A
when I saw her again she said it again.
A
Jan met another man,
D
Liza got amnesia just forgot who I am.
D
Felicity said there was no electricity,
A
Emily, no chemistry.
A
Fran ran, Bruce turned out to be a man.
D
Flo had to go I couldn’t go with the flow.
Chorus:
F#m Bm
Carol Brown just took a bus out of town,
but I’m hoping that you’ll stick around.
Bridge:
Em D A
He doesn’t cook or clean, he’s not good boyfriend material
(Ooh, we can eat cereal)
Em D A
You’ll lose interest fast, his relationships never last
(Shut up girlfriends from the past)
Em D A
He says he’ll do one thing and then he goes and does another thing
Em D
(Oh, who organized all of my ex-girlfriends into a choir,
and got them to
A
sing?)
Em D A
Ah ah ah ah, ah ah ah
(Who, who… Mm, shut up)
Em D A D
Ah ah ah ah, ah ah ah, ah ah ah.
(Shut up girlfriends from the past)
D D D D
Verse 2:
D
Minnie will no longer see me.
A
Britney, Britney hit me.
A
Paula, Persephone, Stella, and Stephanie,
D
there must fifty ways that lovers have left me.
Chorus:
F#m Bm
Carol Brown just took a bus out of town…
Bridge:
Em D A
Love is a delicate thing, it could just float away on the breeze
(He said the same thing to me)
Em D A
How can we ever know we’ve found the right person in this world?
(He means he looks at other girls)
Em D A
Love is a mystery that does not follow a rule
(This guy is a fool)
Em D A
He’ll always be a boy, he’s a man who never grew up
(I thought I told you to shut up)
Em D A
Ah ah ah ah, ah ah ah
(Mona, you told me you were in a coma)
Em D A
Ah ah ah ah, ah ah ah
(Tiffany you said that you had an epiphany)
Em D A
Ah ah ah ah, ah ah ah
(Mm, would you like a little cereal?)
Em D A
Ah ah ah ah, ah ah ah
(Who organized this choir of ex-girlfriends,
was it you Carol Brown, was it you Carol Brown?)
Chorus:
F#m Bm
Carol Brown just took a bus out of town…
D
but I’m hoping that you’ll
D
stick around
D
Do do, do do do do do do
Stick around
D
Do do, do do do do
D
Do do, do do do do do do
Stick around
Do do, do do do do
D
Stick around
D
Loretta broke my heart in a letter
A
she told me she was leaving and her life would be better.
A
Joan broke it off over the phone
D
after the tone, she left me alone.
D
Jen said she’d never ever see me again,
A
when I saw her again she said it again.
A
Jan met another man,
D
Liza got amnesia just forgot who I am.
D
Felicity said there was no electricity,
A
Emily, no chemistry.
A
Fran ran, Bruce turned out to be a man.
D
Flo had to go I couldn’t go with the flow.
Chorus:
F#m Bm
Carol Brown just took a bus out of town,
but I’m hoping that you’ll stick around.
Bridge:
Em D A
He doesn’t cook or clean, he’s not good boyfriend material
(Ooh, we can eat cereal)
Em D A
You’ll lose interest fast, his relationships never last
(Shut up girlfriends from the past)
Em D A
He says he’ll do one thing and then he goes and does another thing
Em D
(Oh, who organized all of my ex-girlfriends into a choir,
and got them to
A
sing?)
Em D A
Ah ah ah ah, ah ah ah
(Who, who… Mm, shut up)
Em D A D
Ah ah ah ah, ah ah ah, ah ah ah.
(Shut up girlfriends from the past)
D D D D
Verse 2:
D
Minnie will no longer see me.
A
Britney, Britney hit me.
A
Paula, Persephone, Stella, and Stephanie,
D
there must fifty ways that lovers have left me.
Chorus:
F#m Bm
Carol Brown just took a bus out of town…
Bridge:
Em D A
Love is a delicate thing, it could just float away on the breeze
(He said the same thing to me)
Em D A
How can we ever know we’ve found the right person in this world?
(He means he looks at other girls)
Em D A
Love is a mystery that does not follow a rule
(This guy is a fool)
Em D A
He’ll always be a boy, he’s a man who never grew up
(I thought I told you to shut up)
Em D A
Ah ah ah ah, ah ah ah
(Mona, you told me you were in a coma)
Em D A
Ah ah ah ah, ah ah ah
(Tiffany you said that you had an epiphany)
Em D A
Ah ah ah ah, ah ah ah
(Mm, would you like a little cereal?)
Em D A
Ah ah ah ah, ah ah ah
(Who organized this choir of ex-girlfriends,
was it you Carol Brown, was it you Carol Brown?)
Chorus:
F#m Bm
Carol Brown just took a bus out of town…
D
but I’m hoping that you’ll
D
stick around
D
Do do, do do do do do do
Stick around
D
Do do, do do do do
D
Do do, do do do do do do
Stick around
Do do, do do do do
D
Stick around
