It Hurts So Good — Millie Jackson
Chords and lyrics for It Hurts So Good by Millie Jackson (key of D#).
Verse 1
From the album "It Hurts So Good" (1973)
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Intro
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Verse 1
[Bb] First, you take my heart in the palm of your [Eb]hands and you squeeze it
[Bb]tight
[Bb] Then you take my mind and [Eb]play with it all [Bb]night
[Bb] You take my pride, and you [Eb]throw it up against the [Bb]wall
[Bb] You take me in your arms, baby, and [Eb]bounce me like a rubber [Bb]ball
Pre-Chorus 1
[Bb] I'm not complaining what you're [Cm]doing, you see[Dm7]
[Eb]'Cause this hurting feeling is, [F]ooh, so good to me
Chorus
Don't you know that it [Bb](Hurts so [Eb]good), hurts so [F]good[Eb/G]
Don't you know that it [Bb](Hurts so [Cm]good), hurts so [F]good, ooh-ooh
Verse 2
[Bb] You take my name, [Eb]scandalize it in the [Bb]streets
[Bb] Anything you wanna do or say[Eb] is alright with [Bb]me
[Bb] Turn right around and [Eb]make sweet love to [Bb]me
[Bb] Ooh-wee, baby,[Eb] you're sho'nuff good to [Bb]me
Pre-Chorus 2
'Cause [Bb]baby (Baby), these [Cm]things you're doing to me[Dm7]
[Eb] It hurts so bad, but it's [F]worth all the misery
Chorus
'Cause it (It [Bb]hurts so [Eb]good), hurts so [F]good[Eb/G]
Don't you know that it [Bb](Hurts so [Cm]good), hurts so [F]good, ooh-hoo
Bridge
[G#] Baby, [Db/G#]ooh-hoo
Ooh [Bb]baby
(Ooh [Db][G#]baby, [Eb]hurt [F7]me)
Verse 3
[Bb] Ooh boy,[Eb] please don't ever [Bb]take the hurt off me (Please)
[Bb]'Cause it would hurt even worse if you would [Eb]ever, ever [Bb]leave (Oh, yes, it
[Bb]would)
Even though sometimes[Eb] it's hard for me to [Bb]beg (This hurt is [Bb]killing me)
I make myself hold out, 'cause if it [Eb]kills me, I don't [Bb]care
Pre-Chorus 3
'Cause [Bb]baby (Baby),[Cm] I don't want you to ever quit[Dm7]
[Eb] It ain't no good 'til it [F]hurts a little bit
Chorus
'Cause it (it [Bb]hurts so [Eb]good), hurts so [F]good[Eb/G]
Don't you know that it [Bb](Hurts so [Cm]good), hurts so good[F]
Oh, baby (So go ahead and hurt me),[Bb] it [Eb]hurts so good[F]
Don't you [Eb/G]ever, don't you ever stop now, baby [Bb](Hurts so [Cm]good)
[F] Don't stop, baby (Go ahead and hurt me), ow, it [Bb]hurts so [Eb]good
[F] Don't you [Eb/G]know that it (Go ahead and hurt me)
(fading)
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