Intro:

F

F                                                       C/E

     It's been se-ven hours __ and __ fif-teen days ___

Dm7                                                     F     Gm7/C

     since you took your love a-way __

F                                               C/E

     I go out eve-ry night _ and _ sleep all day, ____

Dm7                                                     F     Gm7/C

     since you took your love a-way __

F                                                             C/E

     Since you been gone I can do what-ev-  er   I want, _______________

Dm7                                                    F     Gm7/C

     I can see whom-ev-er I choose. _

F                                                  C/E

     I can eat my din-ner in a fan-cy rest-au-rant, __________

        Dm7                                                A7

but no-thing I said no-thing can take a-way __ these blues, ________

              Eb              Bb   Eb                  Bb           C

'cause no-thing com-pares     no-thing com-pares 2 U. ____

F                                           C/E

     It's been so __ long _ with- out you here __

Dm7

     like a bird with-out a song. _

F                        Gm7/C

     Ah_____________________________

F                                                  C/E

     No-thing can stop these lone-ly tears from fall-ing,

            Dm7                                             Bb

tell me ba-by, __________ where did i go wrong? _________

F                                                           C/E

     I could put my arms a-round _ ev-ry    boy     I see, ___

Dm7

     It-'d on-ly re-mind me of you ___

F                          Gm7/C

     Ah_____________________________

F                                                                C/E

     I went to the doc-tor and guess what he told me (guess what he told me,)

               Dm7                                                        A7

he said girl, you'd bet-ter try to have fun not mat-ter what you do, but he's a fool, __

              Eb               Bb        Eb             Bb                 F

'cause no-thing com-pares, no-thing com-pares 2 U.

C/E          Dm7          F          Gm7          F          C/E          Dm7

                                Oh.____________

F          Gm7          F                                                          C/E

                             All the flow-ers that you plant-ed ma-ma   in   the back yard _____

Dm7

all died when U went a-way, __

F                               Gm7/C
     Ah_____________________________

F                                                                C/E

     I know that liv-ing with you ba-by was some-times hard, ___

Dm7                                                      A7

     but I'm will-ing to give it an-oth-er try.  ____________________________

Eb                    Bb

Not-thing com-pares,

Dm7                     C

     no-thing com-pares 2 U.

Eb                      Bb

     no-thing com-pares,

Dm7                    C

     nothing com-pares 2 U.

Eb                       Bb

     no-thing com-pares,

Dm7                     C

     no-thing com-pares 2 U.

Eb          Bb          Dm7          C

Eb          Bb          Dm7          C

(repeat and fade)