Intro
[a cappella; chords are implied]:
[G] [D] [C] [D]
Big girls don't cry [2X]
Verse 1
[G] [E7] [Am] [D7] [G] [E7] [Am] [D7]
Big girls don't cry-yi-yi (they don't cry)
[G] [E7] [Am] [D7] [G] [E7] [Am] [D7]
Big girls don't cry (who said, they don't cry)
[G] [E7] [Am] [D7] [G] [E7] [Am] [D7]
My girl said goodbye-yi-yi (my, oh, my)
[G] [E7] [Am] [D7] [G] [C] [G]
My girl didn't cry (I wonder why)
Chorus 1
[E7]
(Silly boy) Told my girl we had to break up
[A7]
(Silly boy) Thought that she would call my bluff
[D7]
(Silly boy) Then she said to my surprise
[G] [D] [C] [D]
Big girls don't cry
Verse 2
Big girls don't cry-yi-yi (they don't cry)
Big girls don't cry (who said, they don't cry)
[trumpet break over first two lines of verse chords]
Baby, I was cruel (I was cruel)
Baby, I'm a fool (I'm such a fool)
Chorus 2
(Silly girl) Shame on you, your mama said
(Silly girl) Shame on you, you cried in bed
(Silly girl) Shame on you, you told a lie
Big girls do cry
Verse 3 [half-length]:
Big girls don't cry-yi-yi (they don't cry)
Big girls don't cry (that's just an alibi)
Coda:
[G] [D] [C] [D]
Big girls don't cry [a cappella 2X, then with bass to fade]
-- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers
