CLIFF RICHARD: WIND ME UP (Let Me Go) - 1965/1966 (Talley/Montgomery) 3/4 - 88
This pretty ballad was a U.K. hit single for Cliff in 1965/1966,
where it peaked on nr. 2, and charted for 12 weeks in the Top-20.
In the Netherlands it got to nr. 18, and it charted for 9 weeks
in the Top-40.
YOUTUBE: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XoLufYfG0BM
|% |: Repeat the previous Chord and Measure of 4-counts.
INTRO: | D7|G |Em |G |Em |
VERSE 1:
G |G7 |C |% |
I'm just a little tin soldier in your hands.
D |% |D7 |G |
I'm good for nothing, but to o-bey your com-mands.
% |G7 |C |Am7 |
You never really loved me I know.
D |D7 |G |G Em D7|
So wind me up, let me go.
VERSE 2:
G |G7 |C |% |
I'm just a play thing, till you see someone else.
D |% |D7 |G
And then you leave me, a-lone on the shelf.
|% |G7 |C |Am7 |
But even tin soldiers have hearts, don't you know.
D |D7 |G |% |
So wind me up, let me go.
CHORUS:
C |%
You don't really need me,
|G |%
you've a hundred other toys.
|A |A7
And tear drops don't look good,
|D |D7 |
in the eyes of soldier boys.
VERSE 3 / OUTRO:
G |G7 |C |% |
So pick me up, and hold me one more time.
D |% |D7 |G |
That's just conso-lation, for this heart of mine.
% |G7 |C |Am7 |
Whisper a sweet word, to the one who loves you so.
D |D7 |G |% |
Then wind me up, let me go.
/ (Break)
D |D7 |G |Em |G |Em
Then wind me up, let me go.
(|G |Em |G |Em |: in Fade Out)
Let me go.
DAIRYBEAT (André H. Hofman, Purmerend, The Netherlands).
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