INTRO: E5    B5  B5 - A5 - Ab5 - F#5

VERSE 1:

E5                A5         E5
I've been up  and down  the highway,
        A5            F#5     D5  B5
and I've seen  what a man  can do.
  E5                   A5        E5    
To some  little girl  a-long the byway,
A5              B5                E5  B5 - A5 - Ab5 - F#5
  that's why I sing this  song to you.   If  you

BRIDGE:

E5                 E5
find  your baby's gone,
       A5
and you don't know  where or when.
   E5               E5    
You wonder, yes you wonder,
F#5                          B5
   If you'll ever see him  a-gain.
       E5          E5
Just re-member, re-member,
     A5               A5
these simple words  I brought.

CHORUS:

       E5                   B5
Soon it won't hurt  half as much.
     E5                   A5
No it won't hurt  half as much.
      E5                   B5
No  it won't hurt  half as much
      E5       B5 - A5 - Ab5 - F#m- 
as you thought.       'Cause

VERSE 2:

E5                  A5         E5      
I've  been  up  and down  the highway,
A5                     F#5       D5  B5  
  and I watch them as they  pass by.
E5                     A5                   E5     
Bro-ken  hearts  and I wish  that they  go my way,
A5                            B5
  I'd save them every little teardrop
    E5              B-    A5 - Ab5 - F#5
they cry. Won't you listen. If  you

BRIDGE:

E5          E5         
think  you can't go on,
A5                                      
  and life ain't got it for you no more.
E5               E5           
  You're waitin'  every night,
F#5                                     B5
   for him to come walkin' through that door.
       E5          E5
Just re-member, re-member,
     A5                    A5
these simple words  that I brought.

CHORUS:

       E5                   B5
Soon it won't hurt  half as much.
     E5                   A5
No it won't hurt  half as much.
     E5                   B5
No it won't hurt  half as much
      E5       B5         
as you thought.    Well it

E5                   B5
won't hurt  half as much.
     E5                   A5
No it won't hurt  half as much.
        E5                  B5
Lord, it won't hurt half as much
      E5       B5
as you thought.

OUTRO (fade out):
                    E5        B5
And everytime you're sad, you cry.
    E5                                 A5
Just feel like, you won't lay down and dy.