Somethin' Stupid
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Somethin' Stupid:Nancy Sinatra.
#1 in 1967.
#1. (Capo 2nd fret for original.)
D
I know I stand in line until you think
Em A Em A
you have the time to spend an evening with me.
Em A Em
And if we go someplace to dance I know that
A D
there's a chance you won't be leaving with me.
D7
And afterwards we drop into a quiet little place
G Bb
And have a drink or two...
Em A Em
And then I go and spoil it all by saying
Am D
Something stupid, like I love you.
#2.
D7
I can see it in your eyes that you despise
G
The same old lines you heard the night before.
E E7
And though it's just a line to you for me it's true
A A7
And never seemed so right before.
#3.
D
I practice everyday to find some clever lines
Em A Em A
To say to make the meaning come true.
Em A Em A
But then I think I'll wait until the evening gets late
D
And I'm alone with you.
D7
The time is right your perfume fills my head
G Bb
The stars get red and oh, the night's so blue.
Em A Em
And then I go and spoil it all by saying
A7 D
Something stupid like I love you.
D Bb
I love you..(x3)
REPEAT#3.
A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.
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