Trying To Get To You:Roy Orbison.
Recorded on JE-WEL Records in 1956.
DNC. (One of his first.)
INTRO: D# Cm Fm A#
#1.
A# D#
I've been traveling over mountains,
even through the valleys, too.
G#
I've been traveling night and day,
A# D#
running all the way, baby, trying to get to you.
#2.
D#
Since I read your lovin' letter,
D#7
where you said you loved me, true.
G#
I've been traveling night and day,
A# D#
running all the way, baby, trying to get to you.
CHORUS:
D#7 G#
Well, there's nothing that could hold me.
D#
Or that could keep me away from you.
F
Since your loving letter told me,
A#
that you really loved me, true.
#3.
A# D#
I just had to reach you, baby..
D#
but after all that I've been through..
G#
I've been travellin' night and day,
A#
runnin' all the way, baby, trying to
D#
get to you.
#4.
D#
Well, if I had to do it over..
D#7
that's exactly what I'd do.
G#
I'd keep travellin' night and day,
A#
runnin' all the way, baby, trying to
D#
get to you.
CHORUS:
D# G#
Well, since I read your lovin' letters..
D#
then my heart began to sing.
G#
There were many miles between us..
F A#
but they didn't mean a thing.
#5.
A# D#
Lord above me knows I love you.
D# D#7
It was He who brought me through.
G#
When my way was darkest night,
A#
He would shine His brightest light,
D# F A# D#
when I was trying to get to you.
A fifties smash from Kraziekhat.
