"Big Girls Don't Cry"
(B. Gaudio / B. Crewe)

Intro [a cappella; chords are implied]:

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Big girls don't cry	[2X]

Verse 1:

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Big girls    don't cry-yi-yi (they don't cry)
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Big girls    don't cry (who said, they don't cry)
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My girl    said goodbye-yi-yi (my, oh, my)
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My girl    didn't cry (I wonder why)

Chorus 1:

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(Silly boy) Told my girl we had to break up
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(Silly boy) Thought that she would call my bluff
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(Silly boy) Then she said to my surprise
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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:

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Big girls don't cry	[a cappella 2X, then with bass to fade]

-- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers