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Needles And Pins

Jackie Deshannon
Version1
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Chords in this song

Strum
D-DU-UDU
key change to F!
You can play the intro through most of the first and second verse, but definitely half
the intro where the -------------- appears. Listen to Jackie’s version and you will soon
 pick it up.
 The song actually fades, but I have added a final line
 Mike Perry
 CCsus2CCsus2Csus4CCsus2CCsus2C x2
e-0---0---1-0-------0-0---1-0-----0-----0---------------------|
B-1-3-1-3-1-1-3s5s3-1-1-3-1-3-1-1-3s5s3-1---------------------|
G-0-0-0-0-0-0-------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-------0---------------------|
D-2-2-2-2-2-2-------2-2-2-2-2-2-2-------2---------------------|
A-3-3-3-3-3-3-------3-3-3-3-3-3-3-------3---------------------|
E-------------------------------------------------------------|
 First Verse
 I saw him today,  I saw his face
 It was the face I loved,  and I knew
 I had to run away
And get down on my knees and pra-a-ay, that they’d go away
Am
And still they begin,------------needles and pins
 Because of all my pride,  the tears I gotta hide
 Second Verse
 Oh I thought I was smart,  I’d won his heart
 I didn't think I'd lose,  but now I see
 She's worse to him than me,  let her go ahead
Take his love instead, and one day he will see
Am
Just how to say please------------and get down on his knees
 Oh that's how it begins,  he'll feel those needle and pins
-hurtin'  him, -hurtin'  him
 Bridge, then key change
Why  can't I stop, and tell myself I'm wrong,  I'm wrong, so wrong
Why  can't I stand up, and tell myself I'm strong
Because,  I saw him today,  I saw his face
 It was the face I loved,  I can’t let go
 Although I know  he’ll make me cry
 Oh a wo-ah woh  till the day I die
 But people I  got to live now
 And though I know that I’ll  just forgive now
 Yeah when it begins,  he'll feel those needle and pins
A-hurtin'  him, stop it now
Stop  those needles, stop  those pins
 Lord when they begin,  oh won’t you hear what I say
 Somebody take them away,  stop ’em now, stop ‘em
Stop  those needles and pins
Oh  when they begin  I feel those needles and pins
 A-hurtin’  me, hurtin’ me
Needles  and pins

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Readable chord sheet for Needles And Pins by Jackie Deshannon

key change to F
You can play the intro through most of the first and second verse, but definitely half
the intro where the -------------- appears. Listen to Jackie’s version and you will soon
pick it up.
The song actually fades, but I have added a final line

Mike Perry

CCsus2CCsus2Csus4CCsus2CCsus2C x2

e-0---0---1-0-------0-0---1-0-----0-----0---------------------|
B-1-3-1-3-1-1-3s5s3-1-1-3-1-3-1-1-3s5s3-1---------------------|
G-0-0-0-0-0-0-------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-------0---------------------|
D-2-2-2-2-2-2-------2-2-2-2-2-2-2-------2---------------------|
A-3-3-3-3-3-3-------3-3-3-3-3-3-3-------3---------------------|
E-------------------------------------------------------------|

First Verse
I saw him to[C]day, I saw his face
It was the face I [Am]loved, and I knew
I had to run a[C]way
And get down on my knees and pra-a-[Am]ay, that they’d go away
                 [C]                           [Am]
And still they begin,------------needles and pins
Because of all my [F]pride, the tears I gotta [G]hide

Second Verse
Oh I thought I was [C]smart, I’d won his heart
I didn't think I'd [Am]lose, but now I see
She's worse to him than [C]me, let her go ahead
Take his love ins[Am]tead, and one day he will see
                [C]                                     [Am]
Just how to say please------------and get down on his knees
Oh that's how it be[F]gins, he'll feel those needle and p[G]ins
[G]                            [G] [G] [G] [F#] [E]
[A]-hurtin' him, [A]-hurtin' him

Bridge, then key change

[E]Why can't I stop, and tell myself I'm [D]wrong, I'm wrong, so wrong
[C]Why can't I stand up, and tell myself I'm [B]strong

[N.C.]Because, I saw him to[E]day, I saw his face
It was the face I [C#m]loved, I can’t let go
Although I [E]know he’ll make me cry
Oh a wo-ah [C#m]woh till the day I die
But people [E]I got to live now
And though I know that [C#m]I’ll just forgive now
Yeah when it be[A]gins, he'll feel those needle and [B]pins
[B]A-hurtin' him, stop it now
[B]Stop those needles, [E]stop those pins
Lord when they be[C#m]gin, oh won’t you hear what I [A]say
Somebody take them a[B]way, stop ’em now, stop ‘em
[B]Stop those needles and [E]pins
[E]Oh when they be[C#m]gin I feel those needles and [A]pins
A-[B]hurtin’ me, hurtin’ me

[B]Needles and [E]pins

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