Key: :[C#] (w: Harlan Howard) (Ray Price, 1959, Bb)

INTRO: [C#] [F#] [C#] ^[F#] ^[C#]

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

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

REPEAT CHORUS:

INSTRUMENTAL: [C#] [F#] [C#] ^[F#] ^[C#]

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

REPEAT CHORUS: (ending: [C#] [F#] [C# open])