The End Of A Love Affair

Words & Music by Edward Redding
Recorded by Julie London, 1963



A  A9 A        A9   A  A7/9         D9     D6/9       BbM7
So I walk a little too fast, and I drive a little too fast,

        Gm7            A    A7       D9          Bm7
And I'm reckless it's true, but what else can you do

       Em7      Em9    A
At the end of a love affair?


A  A9 A         A9  A  A7/9         D9     D6/9       BbM7
So I talk a little too much, and I laugh a little too much,

        G            A    A7      D9        B7
And my voice is too loud when I'm out in a crowd,

        Em7    Em9          A
So that people are apt to stare.


Bridge:

        Em7            G6              Em7  A7
Do they know, do they care, that it's only 

         Em7         G6         Em7  A7
That I'm lonely, and low as can be?

         G          G/F#       Em7      Em9      A7
And the smile on my face isn't really a smile at all.


A  A9 A         A9   A  A7/9         D9     D6/9       BbM7
So I smoke a little too much, and I joke a little too much,

         Gm7       A7/6         D9         Bm7
And the tunes I request are not always the best,

         A              Em7      F#7
But the ones where the trumpets blare.


     Bm     Bm7/E      Gm7            AM7            C#m7-5      F#7
So I go at a maddening pace, and I pretend that it's taking his place,

         Em7          A7        Em9       A       D6
But what else can you do at the end of a love affair?



 
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