Da Yoopers

When One Love Dies Chords

Da Yoopers are a band from Ishpeming, Michigan.  They are known mostly for their novelty songs 
about hunting, fishing, drinking, the battle of the sexes and life in the U.P. (Michigan's Upper Pennisula).
Yooper is an affectionate name for the hardy people that live in the U.P.

But this song appeared on only one album of theirs, Yoopy Do Wah (1991, You Guys records). It is very much 
out of character with the rest of their music.  Those of you who have had the experience of losing a spouse 
can identify with this song.  Transcription, words and music is my interpretation, although I must give 
credit to Jim "Hoolie" De Caire and Da Yoopers for creating the song in the first place.  They said the 
song was sort-of an experiment that didn't quite work as planned, but it was a nice song so they put it 
on the album. I feel it is much more important than that.


C               F      G        C
Another morning    has come and gone
C                   F  G   C
Another first cup,     all alone
C                          F      G         C
Across the table, a lonely chair, no sleepy eyes
C                  F
That's the way one lives
G             C
When one love dies

C                 F      Em G 
Find comfort in familiar places
C              F          Em G
Loneliness and strange embraces
C                   F    G                   C
But it's not making love,  it's just getting by
C                F      Em  G
No one fills the empty space
C                    F      Em G
They come and go without a trace.
C                  F
That's the way one lives
G             C
When one love dies

Instrumental Interlude
C-F-G-C  C-F-G-C

C              F  G       C   
Live on habits,   live on dreams
C             F      G       C
Lonely nights   and old love scenes
C                      F    G            C
Keep on living, not to win,  but just survive 
C                  F
That's the way one lives
G             C
When one love dies

C                  F
That's the way one lives
G             C
When one love dies


Transcribed by Autoharp Bill