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

INTRO: [F#] [B] [F#] ^[B] ^[F#]

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

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

REPEAT CHORUS:

INSTRUMENTAL: [F#] [B] [F#] ^[B] ^[F#]

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

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