The Big Hurt chords by Del Shannon

Chords with lyrics

The Big Hurt:Del Shannon.
#94 on BB Hot 100 on LIBERTY
Records in 1966. (Cover of
Toni Fisher's hit (#3) from 1959.)

INTRO: DmDm A augmentedA Bb majorBb A augmentedA Bb majorBb

#1.
A augmentedA       Bb majorBb
Now it begins..now that you're gone.
A augmentedA         Bb majorBb
Needles and pins..twilight til dawn.
A augmentedA       GbGb  B minorBm    D MajorD
Watching that clock til you return.
DbmDbm     C majorC     BB      E MajorE
Hiding that torch and watching it burn.

#2.
A augmentedA       Bb majorBb
Now it begins..day after day.
A augmentedA        Bb majorBb
This is my life..ticking away.
A augmentedA     DbmDbm GbmGbm  B minorBm       D MajorD
Waiting to hear.......footsteps that say..
DbmDbm    C minorCm     BB      E MajorE
love will appear and this time to stay.

BRIDGE:
  G+G         C majorC
Oh, each time you go..I try to pretend.
       C minorCm  E minorEm
It's over at last..this time the big hurt
   A augmentedA  FF Bb majorBb
will end.

#3.
Bb majorBb       BB
Now it begins..now that you're gone.
Bb majorBb        BB
Needles and pins..twilight til dawn.
Bb majorBb     G+G   C minorCm     Eb MajorEb  DmDm
But if you don't, come back again..I wonder
DbDb  C minorCm        FF      Bb majorBb
when, oh, when will it end..the big hurt.

OUTRO:
BB    Bb majorBb  BB    Bb majorBb  BB Bb majorBb
The big hurt..the big hurt........(Fade.)


A augmentedA sixties smash from Kraziekhat.