I Think We're Alone Now
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I Think We're Alone Now:Tommy James And The
Shondells.
#4 in 1967.
#1. (Capo 2nd fret for original.)
C Em Am F
Children, behave..that's what they say when
G7
we're together.
C Em Am F
And watch how you play..they don't understand...
G7 Em C
And so we're running just as fast as we can,
Em C
Holding on to one another's hands.
Bb
Trying to get away into the night,
G7
And then you put your arms around me and we tumble
C
to the ground and then you say...
Chorus:
G
I think we're alone now.
Am F C
There doesn't seem to be anyone around.
G
I think we're alone now.
Am F C
The beating of our hearts is the only sound.
#2.
C Em Am F G7
Look at the way, we gotta hide what we're doing.
C Em Am F
Cause what would they say..if they ever knew?
G7 Em C
And so we're running just as fast as we can,
Em C
Holding on to one another's hands.
Bb
Trying to get away into the night,
G7
And then you put your arms around me and we tumble
C
to the ground, and then you say...
Chorus:
ADD:
G7 Em C
And so we're running just as fast as we can,
Em C
Holding on to one another's hands.
Bb
Trying to get away into the night,
G7
And then you put your arms around me and we tumble
C
to the ground, and then you say...
Chorus:(x2)
A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.
How to play I Think We're Alone Now
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