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What Becomes Of The Brokenhearted

Jimmy Ruffin

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What Becomes Of The Broken Hearted:Jimmy Ruffin.
Hit top ten in USA in '66. Hit #1 in several European Countries.
This song has been done many times since by artists
such as Diana Ross & The Supremes and Joe Cocker.
#1.  
[A]                      [C#m] 
As I walk this land of broken dreams, 
[F#m]               [D]    [E]
I have visions of many things. 
[A]                [C#m] 
But happiness is just an illusion, 
[F#m]                 [D]      [E] 
filled with sadness and confusion. 
CHORUS:    
[B]                   [D#m] 
What becomes of the broken-hearted, 
[G#m]                 [E] 
who has love that's now departed? 
[B]                       [D#m] 
I know I've got to find some kind of peace of mind, 
[D#]     [E]  [D]    [E] 
maybe, oh yeah! 
#2.   
[A]                      [C#m] 
The roots of love grow all around, 
[F#m]                    [D]        [E]
but for me they come a tumbling down. 
[A]                    [C#m] 
Every day heartaches grow a little stronger, 
[F#m]                [D]         [Bm] 
I can't stand this pain much longer. 
#3.   
[A]                 [C#m] 
I walk in shadows searching for light, 
[F#m]               [D]          [E]
cold and alone no comfort in sight. 
[A]                      [C#m] 
Hoping and praying for someone who cares, 
[F#m]               [D]     [E] 
always moving and going nowhere.
CHORUS: 
#4.   
[A]                      [C#m] 
I'm searching though I don't succeed, 
[F#m]                          [D]       [E]
for someone's love there's a growing need. 
[A]                      [C#m] 
All is lost there's no place for beginning, 
[F#m]                   [D]       [E] 
all that's left is an unhappy ending. 
CHORUS:   
[A]                   [C#m] 
What becomes of the broken-hearted. 
[F#m]                 [D]     [E]
who has love that's now departed. 
[A]                       [C#m] 
I know I've got to find some kind of peace of mind 
[F#m]                           [D]                [E]
I'll be searching everywhere, just to find someone to care, 
[A]                            [C#m] 
I'll be looking every day, I know I'm gonna find a way. 
[F#m]                            [D]               [E]
Nothings going to stop me now..I'll find a way somehow. 
[A]                          [F#m]                         [D] [E] [A]
I'll be looking every day, I know I'm gonna find a way...
  
A Sixties smash from Kraziekhat.