Songs of '61

Monday, December 27, 2010

"Jimmy's Girl" Bridge

Db7 Gb Ab 6 Db^7 Bbm

He says her lips are warm each time they kiss goodnight

D¨: V⁷/IV IV V⁶ I⁷ vi

Ebm Ab 6 Ebm/gb Db Db7

And just as sweet as any lips can be

ii V

Gb Ab 6 Db^7 Bbm

And then I close my eyes, and though it’s make-believe,

IV V⁶ I⁷ vi

Eb7 Ab7 Ebm7 Ab7

I pretend she’s in love with me

V⁷/V V ii⁷ V⁷

Saturday, December 25, 2010

"Let's Get Together" Bridge

A7 D

Oh, I really think you’re swell

A: V⁷/IV IV

Uh-huh, we really ring the bell

Ooh-wee, and if you stick with me,

V⁷/V

Nothing could be greater—Say “Hey, alligator!”

V⁷

Friday, December 24, 2010

"I'm Gonna Knock on Your Door" Bridge

D7 G

Hey, little girl, this ain’t no time to sleep

D: V⁷/IV IV

D D7

Let’s count kisses ‘stead o’ countin’ sheep

I V⁷/IV

How, how can I hold you near

E7 A7

With you up there and me down here?

V⁷/V V⁷

"(I Wanna) Love My Life Away" Bridge

C7 F

Yes, we’re gonna let the world and all of its troubles

C: V⁷/IV IV

A-go a-right on spinnin’ by

We’re gonna build one dream right up on another

V⁷/V

Clear up to the sky

V⁷

"I Really Love You" Bridge

Well, babe, you knows I love you so

A¨: IV

I’d praise the world if you could know

But when I see you coming down the street

Bb 7 Eb7

My heart skips a beat

V⁷/V V⁷

"I Don't Want to Take a Chance" Bridge

A7 G

I’ve had lonely days, whoa, and lonely nights

D: V⁷ IV

That’s something I don’t wanna go through no more

III

Just give my heart some time, and I know I’ll make up my mind

E7 A7

And when I give it up, I’m gonna give it up to you, you, you, you, you

V⁷/V V⁷

"I'm Learning About Love" Bridge

C7 F F#dim7

Lesson one: Hold me tight

C: V⁷/IV IV ©iio^o7

C C7

Lesson two: Lips stay close to mine

I V⁷/IV

F F#dim7

Lesson three: Study as you go

IV ©ivo^o7

D7 G7

Lesson four: You’ll be mine

V⁷/V V⁷

Thursday, December 23, 2010

"I Don't Want to Cry" Bridge

G7 Gb+ F

Welcome to my lips, welcome to my arms

C: V ¨V+ IV

Oh, you’re welcome to my, my little heart

iii

F
Girl, you are welcome to everything I have to offer you,

D7 G7

So, come on, and now take it, take any part

V⁷/V V⁷

"(I Don't Know Why) But I Do" Bridge

Bb7 Eb Bb

My days have been so lonely, my nights have been so blue,

Bb: V⁷/IV IV I

C7 F7

I don’t know how I stand it, but I do

V⁷/V V⁷

"Happy Birthday Blues" Bridge

B7 E B

I’ve planned just how this day would be for such a long, long time

B: V⁷/IV IV I

E B G#m F#

You’d wish me happy birthday while I held your hand in mine

IV I vi V

E B

I’d blow out all the candles while I wished that you and I

IV I

B G#m C#7 F#

Would be together evermore until the day we die

I vi V⁷/V V

"Good Time Baby" Bridge

A E

You’re a real cool baby, and I don’t mean maybe

E: IV I

F#7 B A B

And when I’m with you, everything we do moves me to my soul

V⁷/V V IV V

"Girl of My Best Friend" Bridge

E7 A B7 E C#m

I long to tell her how I love her so

E: V⁷/IV IV V⁷ I vi

A B7 E E7

And hold her in my arms, but then

IV V⁷ I V⁷/IV

A B7 E C#m

What if she got real mad and told him so

IV V⁷ I vi

F#7 B7

I could never face either one again

V⁷/V V⁷

"Fell in Love on Monday" Bridge

B¨ C7 F

Her eyes was bright as the moonlight

F: IV V⁷ I

B¨ C7 F

Her lips were cherry red

IV V⁷ I

A7 Dm

I knew that I love her

V⁷/vi vi

G7 C7

In the sweet little things she said

V⁷/V V⁷

"Every Beat of My Heart" Bridge

C⁷ F Fm C Am

In all my, my conversation you’re my, my inspiration

C: V⁷/IV IV iv I vi

D⁷ G⁷ A¨⁷ G⁷

And everything I do I’ll do for you

V⁷/V V⁷ ¨VI^-7 V⁷