Lover Please
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Lover Please:Clyde McPhatter.
#7 in 1962.
INTRO: G Ab A (x4)
Chorus:
A
Lover please, please come back,
E
don't take the train comin' down the track.
Don't, please don't, don't leave me,
A
don't leave me in misery.
#1.
A
You would never hold me so near,
E
you would never call me, dear.
Don't you know I'd die for you?
A
Now you're gone, that's what I'll do.
Chorus:
A
Lover please, please come back,
E
don't take the train comin' down the track.
Don't, please don't, don't leave me,
A
don't leave me in misery.
#2. (Key change.)
Bb
All those stories, not too long,
F
about a love that went all wrong.
The girl left the boy, just as bad,
Bb
Now she's gone, she's so sad.
Chorus:
Bb
Lover please, please come back,
F
don't take the train comin' down the track.
Don't, please don't, don't leave me,
Bb
don't leave me in misery.
#3.
Bb
You would never hold me so near,
F
you would never call me, dear.
Don't you know I'd die for you?
Bb
Now you're gone, that's what I'll do.
Chorus:
Bb
Lover please, please come back,
F
don't take the train comin' down the track.
Don't, please don't, don't leave me,
Bb
don't leave me in misery.
A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.
How to play Lover Please
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What is the starting chord?
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Can I play it on guitar or keyboard?
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