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

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