I Can't Stand It
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I Can't Stand It:Spencer Davis Group.
#47 on UK Rock Charts on FONTANA Records
in 1965.
Intro: Bb Eb Bb Eb
#1.
Bb Eb Bb
I can't stand the pain of love..when you get
Eb
all the love.
Bb Eb Bb
I can't stand the pain of life..I can't even
Eb
stand the shock.
Bb Eb Bb Eb
But when I hear you say, that you will go away
Bb Eb
and leave me someday..
Chorus:
Eb Bb Eb Bb Eb
(I can't stand it)....I can't stand it.....(I can't stand
Bb Eb
it)..I can't stand it.
#2.
Bb Eb Bb Eb
When you stand close to me, you make me kind of weak.
Bb Eb Bb Eb
And when you hold me tight, my poor heart skips a beat.
Bb Eb Bb Eb Bb
And when I hear you say, that you will go away and leave
Eb
me someday..
Chorus:
Eb Bb Eb Bb Eb
(I can't stand it)....I can't stand it.....(I can't stand
Bb Eb
it)..I can't stand it.
INTERLUDE: Bb Eb Bb Eb Bb Eb
#3.
Bb Eb Bb Eb
When you're standin' close to me, you make me kind of weak.
Bb Eb Bb Eb
And when you hold me tight, my poor heart skips a beat.
Bb Eb Bb Eb Bb
And when I hear you say, that you will go away and leave
Eb
me someday..
Chorus:
Eb Bb Eb Bb Eb
(I can't stand it)....I can't stand it.....(I can't stand
Bb Eb
it)..I can't stand it.
OUTRO:
Chorus:
Eb Bb Eb Bb Eb
(I can't stand it)....I can't stand it.....(I can't stand
Bb Eb
it)..I can't stand it....(Fade.)
A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.
How to play I Can't Stand It
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