Why Dont You Believe Me
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Why Don't You Believe Me:The Duprees.
#37 on BB Hot 100 on CO-ED Records
in 1963.
Intro: Bb
Ab Eb
(Please tell me why (ooooo-ooooo-eeee-oooo)
Bb
tell me why?)
#1.
D Eb Cm Ebm F Bb
Why don't you believe me...it's you, I adore.
Bb Cm F Dm7
(Please believe, please believe, please believe)
Db Eb F Bb
Forever and ever..can I promise more?
#2.
Bb Eb Cm Ebm F Bb
I've told you so often..the way that I care.
Bb Cm F Dm7
(Please believe, please believe, please believe)
Dm7 Dbm Eb F Bb
Why don't you believe me..it just isn't fair.
Bridge:
Eb Bb Eb C Cm Fm Bb
Here is a heart that is lonely..here is a heart
Cm
you can take.
Gm7 C F Gm7 C
Here is a heart for you only..that you can keep
F
or break.
#3.
Bb G Cm Eb F Bb
How else can I tell you..what more can I do?
Bb Cm F Dm7
(Please believe, please believe, please believe)
Gb Ab Eb Cm Eb F Bb
Why don't you be-lieve me..I love only you?
INTERLUDE: Bb Cm Eb Dm Gm7
OUTRO:
Eb C Eb Cm Ab F Bb
Why don't you be-lieve me..I love only you.
Eb Ebm Bb C B Bb
(Please tell me why..oooooooooo)..tell me why?
A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.
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