Susie Darlin'
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Susie Darlin':Robin Luke.
#5 in 1958.(One of the best of
the fifties.)
#1.
G Em Em9 Em G Em
I stood a-watchin' all night long, I stood a-watchin' all
Em9 Em
night long,
G Em Em7 D7 B
I stood a-watchin' till you went away...
C G D D7 G G+
You were a girl of many charms..oh, how I loved you in my arms.
C G D7 C G
I never thought that you would ever go, cause I loved you so.
Chorus:
D B C G
Oh, oh, Susie darlin'....I thought you knew,
D B C D G
You were all the world to me....all my dreams come true.
#2.
G Em Em9 Em G
I stood a-cryin' all night long...I stood a-cryin'
Em Em9 Em
all night long.
G Em Em7 D7 B
Cryin' and wishin' you'd come back to me..
C G
Thinking of all the dreams we knew,
D D7 G G+
Now that you're gone they won't come true.
C G D7 C G
My heart is empty without you...nothin' there but mis..er..y.
Chorus:
#3.
G Em Em9 Em
Now I stand a-watchin' all night long,
G Em Em9 Em
I stand a-watchin' all night long,
G Em Em7 D7 B
Knowing that life has nothing left for me...
C G D D7 G G+
I'll wait around most patiently, hopin' you will return to me.
C G D7 C G
Till that happy day I will always be watchin' all night long.
Chorus:
ADD:
D B C G
Oh, oh, Susie darlin'....I thought you knew..
D B
You were all the world to me.
C Am7 D C9 G
All...my.....dreams...come true.
A fifties smash from Kraziekhat.
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