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Big Girls Don't Cry - Tutorial

Table of Contents

  1. Song Audio (YouTube)
  2. Song Lyrics and Chords
  3. Keyboard
  4. Bass Tab
  5. Guitar Tab

YouTube Song Audio



Song Form

SONG FORM:

INTRO
| G/B / C / | D / / / | G/B / C / | D / / / | 

VERSE 1
| G/B / C / | D / / / | G/B / C / | D / / / | 
| G/B / C / | D / / / | G/B / C / | D / / / | 
| G/B / C / | D / / / | G/B / C / | D / / / | 
| G/B / C / | D / / / | G/B / C / | / / / / | / / / X |

CHORUS 1
| C / / / | G / / / | D / / / | D  / / / |
| C / / / | G / / / | D / / / | Em / / / | 
| C / / / | G / / / | D / / / | Em / / / | 
| C / / / | G / / / | D / / / | /  / / / |

POST CHORUS 1 (same as INTRO)
| G/B / C / | D / / / | G/B / C / | D / / / | 


VERSE 2
| G/B / C / | D / / / | G/B / C / | D / / / | 
| G/B / C / | D / / / | G/B / C / | D / / / | 
| G/B / C / | D / / / | G/B / C / | D / / / | 
| G/B / C / | D / / / | G/B / C / | / / / X |

CHORUS 2
| C / / / | G / / / | D / / / | D  / / / |
| C / / / | G / / / | D / / / | Em / / / | 
| C / / / | G / / / | D / / / | Em / / / | 
| C / / / | G / / / | D / / / |


BRIDGE
| G / / / | D/F# / / / | C / / / | C / / / | (x4)

| D/F# / / / | G / / / | C / / / | C / / / | (x2)
| C / / / | C / / / |


CHORUS 3
| C / / / | G / / / | D / / / | D  / / / |
| C / / / | G / / / | D / / / | Em / / / | 
| C / / / | G / / / | D / / / | Em / / / | 
| C / / / | G / / / | D / / / | /  / / / |

POST CHORUS 2 (same as INTRO)
| G/B / C / | D / / / | G/B / C / | D / / / | (x2)

Song Lyrics and Chords

G/B   C      D          G/B   C      D
               Da Da Da Da
 
[Verse 1]
 
G/B   C      D                    G/B   C D 
         The smell of your skin lingers   on me now 
G/B   C       D                            G/B     C    D 
         Your probably on your flight back to your home town 
G/B   C      D                  G/B    C       D 
      I need some shelter of my own protection baby 
G/B   C      D                            G/B / C  /  | / / / / | / / / X |
             To be with myself and center,       clarity, peace, serenity.


[Chorus]

C            G                D 
I hope you know, I hope you know 
D 
That this has nothing to do with you 
C           G             D 
It's personal, Myself and I 
               Em                   C
We've got some straightenin' out to do 
              G                                  D 
And I'm gonna miss you like a child misses their blanket.
                     Em 
But Ive got to get a move on with my life 
C           G             D (hold)
Its time to be a big girl now and big girls don't cry.


POST CHORUS = INTRO]
G/B   C      D            G/B   C    D
               Don't cry, Don't cry, Don't cry 


[Verse 2]
 
G/B   C         D                      G/B  C       D 
             The path that I'm walking I    must go alone
G/B   C      D                        G/B C        D 
      I must take the baby steps 'til I'm full grown, full grown
G/B   C    D                  G/B    C     D 
      Fairytales don't always have a happy ending, do they?
G/B   C      D                      G/B / C  /   | / / / X |
         And I foresee the dark ahead     if I stay


[Chorus 2]
C            G                D 
I hope you know, I hope you know 
D 
That this has nothing to do with you 
C           G             D 
It's personal, Myself and I 
               Em                   C
We've got some straightenin' out to do 
              G                                  D 
And I'm gonna miss you like a child misses their blanket.
                     Em 
But Ive got to get a move on with my life 
C           G             D (hold)
Its time to be a big girl now and big girls don't cry.


[Bridge]
 
G                     D                   
Like the little schoolmate in the school yard
C                   C
We'll play jacks and uno cards
G                D                 C         C
I'll be your best friend and you'll be mine, Valentine
G            D                  C
Yes, you can hold my hand if you want to
       C
'Cause I want to hold yours too
G            D                    C           C
We'll be playmates and lovers and share our secret worlds


D        G                 C      C
But it's time for me to go home
             D             G                     
It's getting late, dark outside
          C                   C
I need to be with myself and center, clarity, peace, serenity


[Chorus]

C            G                D 
I hope you know, I hope you know 
D 
That this has nothing to do with you 
C           G             D 
It's personal, Myself and I 
               Em                   C
We've got some straightenin' out to do 
              G                                  D 
And I'm gonna miss you like a child misses their blanket.
                     Em 
But Ive got to get a move on with my life 
C           G             D (hold)
Its time to be a big girl now and big girls don't cry.

G/B   C      D          G/B      C     D      
                      Don't cry, Don't cry,   Don't cry
G/B   C      D
G/B   C      D
G/B   C      D



Keyboards

Bass

Bass Tab

G|--------------------------|---------------------------| 
D|--------------------------|---------------------------|
A|--------------------------|---------------------------|
E|--------------------------|---------------------------|
    1  +  2  +  3  +  4  +     1  +  2  +  3  +  4  +

Guitar

GUITAR Tab


e|--------------------------|--------------------------| 
B|--------------------------|--------------------------|
G|--------------------------|--------------------------| 
D|--------------------------|--------------------------|
A|--------------------------|--------------------------|
E|--------------------------|--------------------------|
    1  +  2  +  3  +  4  +     1  +  2  +  3  +  4  +





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