It Keeps Right On A-Hurtin Chords

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Difficulty:	beginner
Tuning:	E A D G B E
Capo:	no capo

Author Kraziekhat [pro] 64,755.

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It Keeps Right On A-Hurtin: Johnny Tillotson.
#31 on UK Singles Charts.. #6 on R&B, #4 Country
and #3 on BB Hot 100 on CADENCE Records in 1962.
 
INTRO:
E A  D A  E
 
#1.
  A                        A7
I cry myself to sleep each night..
D
wishing I could hold you tight..
     A                                E
life seems so empty since you went a..way.
    A                         A7
The pillow where you lay your head..
    D
now holds my lonely tears instead..
       E                                     A   D A  E
and it keeps right on a-hurtin' since you're gone.
 
CHORUS:
   E                               D
It keeps right on a-hurtin', every minute of the day.
      E                          D        A
Every hour you're away I feel so lone..lonely.
                             A7             D
And I can't help it, I don't think I can go on..
       E                                     A   D A  E
and it keeps right on a-hurtin' since you're gone.
 
#2.
     A                      A7
They say a man should never cry..
    D
but when I see you passin' by..
   A                                     E
my heart breaks down and cries a million tears.
     A                             A7
Now, you broke my heart and set me free..
    D
but you forgot your memory..
       E                                     A   D A  E
and it keeps right on a-hurtin' since you're gone.
 
OUTRO:
   E                               D
It keeps right on a-hurtin', every minute of the day.
      E                          D        A
Every hour you're away I feel so lone..lonely.
                             A7             D
And I can't help it, I don't think I can go on..
       E                                     A   D A  E A
and it keeps right on a-hurtin' since you're gone.
 
 
 
A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.
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It Keeps Right On A-Hurtin – Johnny Tillotson

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5 comments

NICE, I found capo on 2 matches the recording found on youtube

A pretty good post but a few additions to the lyrics that are not used by the artist brings it down a bit. The second line in the chorus has "...I feel so lone...lonely." Only one "lonely" is needed but it drawn out for effect. In the 2nd verse, fourth line it begins with "NOW you broke my heart..." The word NOW is not in the lyrics either? Other than that, it is a good song and a good post.

Thanks. I sometimes forget about the Capo. Getting old. KK.