It Only Hurts For a Little While

Words & Music by Mack David & Fred Spielman
Recorded by The Ames Brothers, 1956 (#11)


E7 A     D           A
It only hurts for a little while --

       A7          E      E7         D9        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.

D       DM7  D6     Bm7  A        AM7  A7      F#m           
It's so easy to be smart with somebody else's heart,

B7                                E           Bm7-5  E  E9 E7
But I don't know how to start forgetting you.  What can I do?  

      A     D          A
"It only hurts for a little while,"

       A7          E      E7                F#m    Cdim
That's what they tell me,    "Just wait and see."

           A             E7           A
But I will hurt till you come back to me.

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