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[Verse 1]
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You can tell the world

You never was my girl
                                  E
You can burn my clothes when I am gone

Or you can tell your friends

Just what a fool I've been
                                   A
And laugh and joke about me on the phone


[Verse 2]
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You can tell my arms

Go back into the farm
                                E
You can tell my feet to hit the floor

Or you can tell my lips

To tell my fingertips
                                      A
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
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Uuuuuuu..


[Verse 3]
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You can tell your maw

I moved to Arkansas
                                  E
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 4]
   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
                                  A
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..

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..