That's When It Hurts:Ben E. King.
#17 ob R&B, #57 CASH BOX and #63 on
BB Hot 100 on ATLANTIC Records in
1964.
INTRO: E
E A B E A Em7 E
(That's when it hurts)..oh, oh, yeah.
E A B E B
(That's when it hurts)..oohhhhh.
#1.
E B
You don't kiss me, like you used to do.
B E B
You don't miss me, darling, darling, darling,
E A
darling..when the night is through.
E D E B Ebm
So, I sit at home, turn off the light..here
E
comes the night.
CHORUS:
E A B E A E
(That's when it hurts)..yeah, yeah, yeah.
E A B E B
(That's when it hurts)..ooooooooo.
#2.
Gb E B
I'm going downtown to Joey's place..and I
E Em
know that, darling, I'm gonna walk right in..
Ebm A
and I'll see your face.
B E B
Yes, you'll be dancing, with someone new..
E
Here comes the pain..
CHORUS:
E A B E A Em7 E
(That's when it hurts)..oh, oh, yeah.
E A B E B
(That's when it hurts)..oohhhhh.
#3.
E Dbm
Then you're gonna see me, sitting all alone, baby,
B
at the corner table.
E
And I'll be sitting there smiling, honey, sitting
A Dbm
over there somewhere, by myself, smoking a cigarette.
B
Then you're gonna feel that you'll have to come over
E B
and say something real nice to me.
E A E
Oh, baby, that's when my eyes will get wet.
#4.
B E Dbm B
And I'll walk out the door and I'll walk back home.
E Dbm E
Take the same street that we used to take when we
Ebm A
walked alone.
E A E B A
Then I'll see your friends all pitying me..whoa, their
E
sympathy..
CHORUS:
E A B E A Em7 E
(That's when it hurts)..oh, oh, yeah.
E A B E B E
(That's when it hurts)..oohhhhh, yeah, oh, yeah.
OUTRO:
E A B E A Em7 E
(That's when it hurts)..oh, oh, yeah..(Fade.)
A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.