Verse 1: 
 C                          G                Am                           C     G 
  It's been seven hours and fifteen days,     since you took your love away 
 C                          G               Am                           C     G 
  I go out every night and sleep all day,     since you took your love away 
 C                                 G               Am                          C    G 
  Since you been gone I can do whatever I want,       I can see whomever I choose 
 C                                 G                 Am           
  I can eat my dinner in a fancy restaurant,     but nothing, I said nothing can 
        Em7 
  take away these blues 
 
 Chorus:  
      B5          F     B5            F         G 
 Cos' nothing compares,  nothing compares to you 
 
 Verse 2:  
 C                       G             Am                           C    G 
  It's been so lonely without you here,   like a bird without a song 
 C                               G                            Am                       F 
  Nothing can stop these lonely tears from falling,  tell me baby, where did I go wrong? 
 C                                  G           Am                                C     G 
  I could put my arms around every girl I see,  but they'd only remind me of you 
 C                                           G               
  So I went to the doctor and guess what he told me, guess what he told me, he said 
   Am                                           Em7 
  boy you better try and have fun, no matter what you do, but he's a fool 
 
 Chorus:  
      B          F     Am           G          
 Cos' nothing compares, nothing compares to you 
 
 Instrumental: 
  C       G    Am    C     G 
 

 Verse 3: 
 C                                      G                 Am                            C    G 
  All the flowers that you planted mumma, in the backyard, all died when (she) went away 
 C                                      G           Am                    
  I know that living with you baby was sometimes hard, but I'm willing to give it 
          Em7 
  another tr --- y 
 
 Chorus: 
    B5         F    Am           G          
 Cos nothing compares, nothing compares to you 
 B5          F     Am           G          
 Nothing compares, nothing compares to you 
 
 (Repeat to fade)