How Long Does It Hurt Tab uke di Jean Shepard

How Long Does It Hurt
recorded by Jean Shepard          
written by Virginia Midgett and D.W. Orinich 
[3/4 time]

G   C            D7          G
How long does it hurt when a heart breaks 
                 C         G
How long can you stand the pain
    C             D7           G
How long does one dream when a dream dies 
    C        D7       G
And only the memories remain
 
   C                  G
It seems it must take forever 
                            D7
To forget the love you once knew
    C            D7          G
How long does it hurt when a heart breaks 
    C             D7             G
How long must the heart ache for you
 
    C            D7          G
How long does it hurt when a heart breaks 
            C          G
Oh how many tears must fall
  C           D7            G
Before one is free from the chains of
  C           D7         G
A love that's beyond all recall
 
  C                     G
I keep saying soon I'll forget you 
                    D7
But somehow I never do
    C            D7          G
How long does it hurt when a heart breaks 
   C         D7          G
As long as I keep loving you