Needles And Pins
The Searchers
Written by Sonny Bono and Jack Nitzsche; released as a single with "Saturday
Night Out" as the B-side.
Intro:
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I saw her to- day,
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I saw her face, it was the face I
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loved, and I knew I had to run away,
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and get down on my knees and pray
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that they'd go away. But still they begin,
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needles and pins
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Be- cause of all my
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pride, the tears I've got to
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hide, hey! I thought I was smart,
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I'd won her heart, didn't think I'd
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do, but now I see, She's to him than
worse
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me, let her go ahead, take his love in-
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stead, and one day she will see Just how to say
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"please", and get down on her
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knees, Yeah, that's how it begins,
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/s/searchers/needles_and_pins_btab.html ]
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she'll needles and
feel those
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pins hurtin' her, hurtin' her.
Bridge:
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Why can't I stop and tell myself I'm
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wrong, I'm wrong, so wrong?
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Why can't I stand up and tell myself I'm
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strong? Be- cause I saw her to- day,
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I saw her face, it was the face I
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loved, and I knew I had to run away,
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and get down on my knees and pray
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that they'd go away. But still they begin,
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needles and pins
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Be- cause of all my
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pride, the tears I've got to
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hide. Oh, needles and pins,
Outro:
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needles and pins,
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needles and pins.
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