It Keeps Right On A-hurtin Chords
It Keeps Right On A-hurtin by Elvis Presley is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of D. It uses the chords D, G, C and G7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro: D G C G D
#1.
G G7
I cry myself to sleep each night..
C
wishing I could hold you tight..
G D
life seems so empty since you went a..way.
G G7
The pillow where you lay your head..
C
now holds my empty dreams instead..
D G C G
and it keeps right on a-hurtin' since you're gone.
D C
It keeps right on a-hurtin', every minute of the day.
D G
Every hour you're away I feel so lone..lonely.
G7 C
And I can't help it, I don't think I can go on..
D G C G
and it keeps right on a-hurtin' since you're gone.
#2.
G G7
They say a man ain't supposed to cry..
C
but when I see you passin' by..
G D
my heart breaks down and cries a million tears.
G G7
The pillow where you lay your head..
C
now holds my empty dreams instead..
D G C G
and it keeps right on a-hurtin' since you're gone.
D C
It keeps right on a-hurtin', every minute of the day.
D G
Every hour you're away I feel so lone..lonely.
G7 C
And I can't help it, I don't think I can go on..
D G C G
and it keeps right on a-hurtin' since you're gone.
OUTRO:
D G C G D G
Yes, it keeps right on a-hurtin' since you're gone.