[Verse 1]
 
  C           G          Am
Snow falling on a cane break
  C            G            Am
Please stop howling at the moon
C      G      Am
I got stones in my bed
C       G             C
Stones left there by you
 
 
[Chorus]
 
F        G         Am
Tears in vain I'm crying
F        G         Am
Tears in vain over you
F         G            Am
I guess I should know better than
F             G        Am
To cry these tears in vain
 
 
[Verse 2]
 
C         G       Am
I guess I could ask myself why now
C             G            Am
As if there's some answer known
C          G       Am
I'll just sit here by myself
C       G                        C
As you meet your friend down the road
 
 
[Chorus]
 
F         G        Am
Tears in vain I'm crying
F         G        Am
Tears in vain over you
F          G           Am
I guess I should know better than
F            G        Am
To cry these tears in vain
 
 
[Verse 3]
 
C       G           Am
I might write you a poem
C          G               Am
And put it up there on the wall
C          G             Am
I'll rewrite it 'til you return to me
C       G           C
Sha la la la la la la
 
 
[Chorus]
 
F         G        Am
Tears in vain I'm crying
F         G        Am
Tears in vain over you
F          G          Am
I guess I should know better than
F            G        Am
To cry these tears in vain
 
F         G        Am
Tears in vain I'm crying
F         G        Am
Tears in vain over you
F         G            Am
I guess I should know better than
F            G         Am
To cry these tears in vain
F            G         Am
To cry these tears in vain