Tabbed by: DJ 
10th June 2013 

Susan Cadogan's 1973 reggae cover of  
Millie Jackson's 'It hurts so good'  

Tuning: Standard 
CAPO: 3rd fret (Sounds in key of Bb) 

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     G                             C              G      
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G                                               C                         G 
   First you take my heart in the palm of your hand, and you squeeze it tight, 
G                                   C                G 
   Then you take my mind, and you play with it all night, 
G                               C                      G 
   You take my pride, and you throw it up against the wall, 
G                                         C                     G 
   You take me in your arms, baby, and bounce me like a rubber ball! 


G                                            Am 
    Well, I'm not complaining, what you're doing, you see, 
C                                  D 
   'Cause this hurting feeling is, oo, so good to me! 


                 (D7)                  G      C 
'Cause don't you know that it... (...Hurt so good!) 
                               G        C 
Don't you know that it... (...Hurt so good!) 
                               G       Am 
Don't you know that it... (...Hurt so good!) 
           D/A   D/B   D/C  D 
It hurt so good-----! 
        |   /    /    /    /  | 


G                                      C               G 
   You take my name, and you scanda - lise it in the street, 
G                                      C                  G 
   Oo, anything you wanna do, I'd say,    is alright with me, 
G                                   C                 G 
   Then you turn right around, and make sweet love to me, 
G                           C                G 
   Oo, yes, you did, baby, sure nuff good to me! 


         G                   Am 
'Cause, baby, (Baby!) these things you're doing to me, 
C                              D 
   It hurts so bad, but it's worth all the misery! 


              (D7)                 G        C 
And don't you know that it... (...Hurt so good!) 
                               G       C 
Don't you know that it... (...Hurt so good!) 
                               G       Am 
Don't you know that it... (...Hurt so good!) 
           D/A   D/B   D/C  D 
It hurt so good-----! 
        |   /    /    /    /  | 


F               Bb           G              Bb     F   C         D 
   Oo--, baby!| /  /  /  / | Oo--, baby---!    Oo, oo, wuh - oo, oo---! 


G                          C                     G 
   Oo, boy, please, don't ever take the hurt off me, 
G                                         C                G 
  'Cause it would hurt even worse if you ever, ever leave, 
G                                C                   G 
   Even though, sometimes, it's hard for me to bear, 
G                                                C                G 
   Oo, I'll make myself hold out, 'cause if it kills me, I don't care! 


         G                      Am 
'Cause, baby, (Baby!)  I don't want you to ever quit, 
C                                D 
   Oo, it ain't no good 'til it hurts a little bit! 


                 (D7)                  G      C 
'Cause don't you know that it... (...Hurt so good!) 
                               G        C 
Don't you know that it... (...Hurt so good!) 
                               G       Am 
Don't you know that it... (...Hurt so good!) 
           D/A   D/B   D/C  D     G 
It hurt so good----- 
        |   /    /    /    /  |   /  || 


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