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A  E  A
[Verse]
A 
You can tell the world 
  
You never was my girl 
                                 
You can burn my clothes when I am
 E 
 gone 
You can burn my clothes when I am gone 
  
Or you can tell your friends 
  
Just what a fool I've been 
                                  
And laugh and joke about me on the
 A 
 phone
And laugh and joke about me on the phone
[Verse]
A 
You can tell my arms 
  
Go back into the farm 
                                E 
You can tell my feet to hit the floor
 
You can tell my feet to hit the floor 
  
Or you can tell my lips 
  
To tell my fingertips 
                                     
They won't be reaching out for you no
 A 
 more
They won't be reaching out for you no more
[Chorus]
    A 
But don't tell my heart 
  
My achy breaky heart 
                             E 
I just don't think it'd understand 
  
And if you tell my heart 
  
My achy breaky heart 
                               A 
He might blow up and kill this man 
  A    E  A 
Uuuuuuu..
[Verse]
A 
You can tell your maw 
  
I moved to Arkansas 
                                  E 
You can tell your dog that bit my leg
 
You can tell your dog that bit my leg 
  
Or tell your brother Cliff 
  
Whose fist can tell my lip 
                            A 
He never really liked me anyway
[Verse]
   A 
Go tell your aunt Louise 
  
Tell anything you please 
                              E 
Myself already knows I'm not okay 
  
Or you can tell my eye 
  
Watch out for my mind 
                                 
It might be walkin' out on me one
 A 
 day
It might be walkin' out on me one day
[Chorus]
    A 
But don't tell my heart 
  
My achy breaky heart 
                             E 
I just don't think it'd understand 
  
And if you tell my heart 
  
My achy breaky heart 
                               A 
He might blow up and kill this man 
  A    E 
Uuuuuuu..
[Chorus]
    A 
But don't tell my heart 
  
My achy breaky heart 
                             E 
I just don't think it'd understand 
  
And if you tell my heart 
  
My achy breaky heart 
                               A 
He might blow up and kill this man 
  
Uuuuuuu..
[Outro]
N.C. 
But don't tell my heart 
  
My achy breaky heart 
  
I just don't think it'd understand 
  
And if you tell my heart 
  
My achy breaky heart 
  
He might blow up and kill this man 
   A    E  A  E  A 
Uuuuuuu..