Frankie Valli-Cant Take My Eyes Off Of You - BPM - 126
[Intro - Horn section - Original key - Capo on 4 - BPM 124] [D][Dm7 [C] (Don't bother live - just go straight to Verse]
[Verse 1 - No drums - just rhythm with mute or plucking on guitar] You're just too [C] good to be true Can't take my [Cmaj7] eyes off you You feel like [C7] Heaven to touch I wanna [F] hold you so much At long last [Fm7] love has arrived And I thank [C] God I'm alive You're just too [Dm7] good to be true..... [G7] Can't take my [C] eyes off you
[Verse 2] Pardon the [C] way that I stare There's nothing [Cmaj7] else to compare The sight of you [C7] leaves me weak There are no [F] words left to speak But if you [Fm7] feel like I feel Please let me [C] know that it's real You're just too [Dm7] good to be true..... [G7] Can't take my e [C] yes off you
[Horn Section - Just bass drum] [Dm7][G][C][Am] [Dm7][G][C][A7] (A7 is longer than you think)
[Chorus - Full drums] I love you, [Dm7] baby And if it's [G] quite alright I need you, [Em7] baby To warm the [Am7] lonely nights I love you, [Dm7] baby ....... [G] Trust in me when I [C] say: Oh, pretty [Dm7] baby Don't let me [G] down, I pray Oh, pretty [Em7] baby, now that I [Am7] found you, stay And let me [Dm7] (stop drums) love you, baby ..... Let me [Bb7] love you
[KEY CHANGE - UP 3 SEMITONES - Verse 1] You're just too [D#-x6888x] good to be true Can't take my [D#maj7] eyes off you You feel like [D#7] Heaven to touch I wanna [Ab] hold you so much At long last [Abm7] love has arrived And I thank [D#] God I'm alive You're just too [Fm7] good to be true..... [Bb7] Can't take my e [D#] yes off you
[1/2 of Horn Section - Full drums - Back to normal key] [Dm7][G][C][A7]
[Chorus] I love you, [Dm7] baby And if it's [G] quite alright I need you, [Em7] baby To warm the [Am7] lonely nights I love you, [Dm7] baby ....... [G] Trust in me when I [C] say: Oh, pretty [Dm7] baby Don't let me [G] down, I pray Oh, pretty [Em7] baby, now that I [Am7] found you, stay I love you, [Dm7] baby ....... [G] Trust in me when I [C] say:
[Repeat as many time seem appropriate then ending is] Oh, pretty [Dm7] baby Don't let me [G] down, I pray Oh, pretty [Em7] baby, now that I [Am7] found you, stay And let me [Dm7] (stop drums) love you, baby ..... Let me [Bb7] love you
[End] [C] ooooh
[Notes] [Horn Section] (with C you can slide 2nd finger from 1st to 2nd fret - big tricky but doable) --Dm7-----G---------C--------Am-------- E-1-1-1-1-3--3-3----x-x-x-x--0---0-0--- B-1-1-1-1-3--3-3----x-x-x-x--1---1-0--- G-1-2-1-2-4--5-4----1s2s1s2--2---2-2--- D-0-0-0-0-5--5-5----2-2-2-2--2---2-2--- A-X-X-X-X-5--5-5----3-3-3-3--0---0-0--- E-X-X-X-X-3--3-3----X-X-X-X--X----------
[Intro G 320003 Am7/D xx0013 or x55555 - No drums] [G][Am7/D] x 2 E x---------------- B 12-^-^-^-13-^-^-^ G 12-^-^-^-12-^-^-^ D 12-^-^-^-12-^-^-^ (second time play Am7/D once and hard stop) A 10-^-^-^-10-^-^-^ E x--------10-^-^-^
[Verse - No drums- Muted downstrokes for all except * - let it ring] Oh, I could [G] hide 'neath the [Am] wings Of the [Bm] bluebird as she [C] sings The [G] six-o-clock a [Em] larm would never [A7] ring [D7]* (E-2-0 B-3) But it [G] rings and I [Am] rise Wash the [Bm] sleep out of my [C] eyes (chords 1/2 bar each) My [G] shaving [Em] razor's [Am] cold [D7] and it stings [G]
[Pre-chorus-riff - NO SNARE - JUST BASS DRUM - INDIVIDUALLY AND LOUDLY PICK EACH NOTE] Use 1st and 2nd finger so G chord is always ringing under but can play these octaves e |--3--7--5--7--8--7--5--3-| B |--x----------------------| G |--0----------------------| D |--0----------------------| A |--x----------------------| E |--3--7--5--7--8--7--5--3-|
[Chorus - Drums in] [C] Cheer up [D] sleepy [Bm] Jean [Bm] [C] Oh what [D] can it [Em] mean [C] to a [G] Day [G] dream [C] believer [C] and a [G] home [Em] coming [A7] que e-e- [D7] een
[Verse - Light chords and try to make drums a bit lighter] You [G] once thought of [Am] me As a [Bm] white knight on a [C] steed Now [G] you know how [Em] happy Life can be [A7][D7] And our good [G] times start and [Am] end Without [Bm] dollar one to [C] spend But [G] how much [Em] baby [Am] do we [D7] really need [G]
[Pre-chorus-riff - All over G]
[Chorus] [C] Cheer up [D] sleepy [Bm] Jean [Bm] [C] Oh what [D] can it [Em] mean [C] to a [G] Day [G] dream [C] believer [C] and a [G] home [Em] coming [A7] que e-e- [D7] een
[Break as per intro G Am7/D G Am7/D etc] - Broken triplets drum fill at end [G - 3x0003][Am7/D - x55555] x 2
[Chorus] [C] Cheer up [D] sleepy [Bm] Jean [Bm] [C] Oh what [D] can it [Em] mean [C] to a [G] Day [G] dream [C] believer [C] and a [G] home [Em] coming [A7] que e-e- [D7] een
