Intro (there are two guitars on the record, but when I saw the Raspberries
on TV, Wally Bryson combined both parts into one):
Intro riff 1 4X
The authentic way (according to
The easy way: Raspberries biographer Ken Sharp,
who learned it from Wally Bryson):
LA5 LAsus4 LA LA LAsus4 LA5 LAsus4 LA LA LAsus4
------------------------ -12-10-9------9--10-10--|
-17-15-14-----14-15-15-- -10-10-10-----10-10-10--|
-14-14-14-----14-14-14-- -9--9--9------9--9--9---|
-14-14-14-----14-14-14-- -7--7--7------7--7--7---|
-0---------------------- -0----------------------|
------------------------ ------------------------|
[^ let ring (3rd, 4th time only)]
Intro riff 2 3X
A Asus4 [see above]
----------------------------------------|
------------------------14-15-15--------|
------2---2-------------14-14-14--------|
------2-4-2-4-----------14-14-14--------|
--3h4---------0-------------------------|
----------------------------------------|
[^ let ring]
SOL5
------------------|
------------------|
------2---2---0-0-|
------2-4-2---0-0-|
--3h4-------------|
--------------3-3-|
bass fill:
(C)
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-5h7---5---------|
---------7-5-3---|
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Verse 1:
DO LAm REm7
I never knew how complete life could be
/DO SIm7-5 MI
Til' she kissed me and said, baby
Chorus
LA FA#m RE DO#m SIm
Please (baby) go all the way
MI DO#m FA#
It feels so right (feels so right)
SIm REm MI
Being with you here tonight
LA FA#m RE DO#m SIm
Please (baby) go all the way
MI DO#m FA#
Just hold me close (hold me close)
Bm Dm [1: G6 2, 3: E]
Don't ever let me go
(don't let me go)
Verse 2:
I couldn't say what I wanted to say
'Til she whispered, "I love you" so
[repeat chorus]
[repeat intro riff #1 (2X)]
Bridge:
A Asus4 A Asus4 [A variants as per Riff 2]
Before her love I was cruel and mean
LA FA SOL LA
I had a hole in the place where my heart should've been
LA LAsus4 LA LAsus4
Now I'm changed and it feels so strange
LA FA SOL LA SI
I come alive when she says all those things to me
MI
And she says
LA
(Come on) come on
MI LA
(Come on) come on
RE
I need you (come on)
SOL
I love you (come on)
DO MIsus4 MI
I need you (come on)
[repeat chorus]
Coda:
F#m(add9) F#m9/maj7 F#m9 F#m6 [arpeggiate on 12-string]
xx4224 xx3224 xx2224 xx1222
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
REaddE LA/DO# FA/DO SIm MI
xx0230
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
[repeat Intro Riff #1 (3X); end cold on A]
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