Thats When It Hurts Chords
by Ben E. King
Thats When It Hurts by Ben E. King is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of E. It uses the chords E, A, B, Em7, D, Ebm, Gb, Em and Dbm. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
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.
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..
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..
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.)