Please Tell Me Why
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Please Tell Me Why:Dave Clark Five.
#18 CASH BOX and # 28 on BB Hot 100 on
EPIC Records in 1966.
Intro: C D C G C G
#1.
C G C F C G
I don't know why she won't love me, Lord, please tell
C G
me why.
C G C F C G C
Maybe it's that she don't love me..could it be she's shy.
#2.
Dm7 G D
If she's shy then I'll understand, I'll make the first
G
move and hold her hand.
C G C F C G C
But if I'm wrong then I'll be mad..la-da-da-da-da.
Bridge:
Bb Eb F C G
I've been trying, oh, so hard, but she don't seem to
C
notice.
Bb Eb F C G C
I sit next to her in class, but she can't see my motive.
INTERLUDE: D C G C G C
#3.
C G C F C G C
Do you think she has a boy..if she has, then I'm done.
G C G C F C G C
Cause if he catches me with her, I think I'll have to run.
Dm7 G D
If she's passive, she'll understand..I'll value my love,
G
but not in her hands.
OUTRO:
C G C F C G C
But if I'm wrong then I'll be mad..la-da-da-da-da.
C G C C G C
La-da-da-da-da..la-da-da-da-da..(Fade.)
A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.
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Can I play it on guitar or keyboard?
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