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It Only Hurts For A Little While:The Ames Brothers.
#11 in 1956.
It Aonly Dhurts for a Alittle while.
That's A7what they Etell me, E7that's what Dthey Asay.E7  
It Aonly Dhurts for a Alittle while,
A7Then all your Eheartaches E7will pass D9away.A  A7  
CHORUS:
DIt's so Dmaj7easy to D6be Bm7smart..Awith someAmaj7body  A7else's F#mheart,
B7But I don't know how to start forEgetting you..
Bm7what can I E7do?  
#2.
It Aonly Dhurts for a Alittle while.
That's A7what they Etell me..E7just wait and F#msee.
But I will Ahurt till you E7come back to Ame.
CHORUS:
DIt's so Dmaj7easy to be Bm7smart..Awith someAmaj7body  A7else's F#mheart,
B7But I don't know how to start...forEgetting you..
Bm7what Ecan I E7do?  
#3.
It Aonly Dhurts for a Alittle while.
That's A7what they Etell me..E7just wait and F#msee.
But I will Ahurt till you E7come back to Ame.
A fifties smash from Kraziekhat.

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It Only Hurts For A Little While

by The Ames Brothers

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Dmaj7

Bm7

Amaj7

F#m

It Only Hurts For A Little While:The Ames Brothers.

#11 in 1956.

A D A

It only hurts for a little while.

A7 E E7 D A E7

That's what they tell me, that's what they say.

A D A

It only hurts for a little while,

A7 E E7 D9 A A7

Then all your heartaches will pass away.

CHORUS:

D Dmaj7 D6 Bm7 A Amaj7 A7 F#m

It's so easy to be smart..with somebody else's heart,

B7 E

But I don't know how to start forgetting you..

Bm7 E7

what can I do?

#2.

A D A

It only hurts for a little while.

A7 E E7 F#m

That's what they tell me..just wait and see.

A E7 A

But I will hurt till you come back to me.

CHORUS:

D Dmaj7 Bm7 A Amaj7 A7 F#m

It's so easy to be smart..with somebody else's heart,

B7 E

But I don't know how to start...forgetting you..

Bm7 E E7

what can I do?

#3.

A D A

It only hurts for a little while.

A7 E E7 F#m

That's what they tell me..just wait and see.

A E7 A

But I will hurt till you come back to me.

A fifties smash from Kraziekhat.

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