[Riff]
A  E  A
[Strophe]
A 
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
[Strophe]
A 
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
[Refrain]
    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..
[Strophe]
A 
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
[Strophe]
   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
[Refrain]
    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..
[Refrain]
    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..