INTRO: E    B  B - A - Abm - F#m

VERSE 1:

E                A         E
I've been up  and down  the highway,
        A            F#7     D  B7
and I've seen  what a man  can do.
  E                   A        E    
To some  little girl  a-long the byway,
A              B7                E  B - A - Abm - F#m
  that's why I sing this  song to you.   If  you

BRIDGE:

E                 E7
find  your baby's gone,
       A
and you don't know  where or when.
   E               E7    
You wonder, yes you wonder,
F#7                          B7
   If you'll ever see him  a-gain.
       E          E7
Just re-member, re-member,
     A               Am
these simple words  I brought.

CHORUS:

       E                   B7
Soon it won't hurt  half as much.
     E                   A
No it won't hurt  half as much.
      E                   B7
No  it won't hurt  half as much
      E       B - A - Abm - F#m- 
as you thought.       'Cause

VERSE 2:

E                  A         E      
I've  been  up  and down  the highway,
A                     F#7       D  B7  
  and I watch them as they  pass by.
E                     A                   E     
Bro-ken  hearts  and I wish  that they  go my way,
A                            B7
  I'd save them every little teardrop
    E              B-    A - Abm - F#m
they cry. Won't you listen. If  you

BRIDGE:

E          E7         
think  you can't go on,
A                                      
  and life ain't got it for you no more.
E               E7           
  You're waitin'  every night,
F#7                                     B7
   for him to come walkin' through that door.
       E          E7
Just re-member, re-member,
     A                    Am
these simple words  that I brought.

CHORUS:

       E                   B7
Soon it won't hurt  half as much.
     E                   A
No it won't hurt  half as much.
     E                   B7
No it won't hurt  half as much
      E       B7         
as you thought.    Well it

E                   B7
won't hurt  half as much.
     E                   A
No it won't hurt  half as much.
        E                  B7
Lord, it won't hurt half as much
      E       B7
as you thought.

OUTRO (fade out):
                    E        B7
And everytime you're sad, you cry.
    E                                 A
Just feel like, you won't lay down and dy.