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"Da Do Ron Ron"
McNally, Curtis, Jackson and Pender


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Currently Available Song Files

Bumble Bee
Don't Throw Your Love Away
Have You Ever Loved Somebody
Love Potion Number Nine
No One Else Could Love Me
Needles and Pins
Saturday Night Out
Sea of Heartbreak
Someday We're Gonna Love Again
Sugar and Spice
Sweets for My Sweet
Take Me For What I'm Worth
This Feeling Inside
What Have They Done To The Rain
When You Walk In The Room
Where Have You Been











Bumble Bee

(Fullylove/Lavern Baker)
 
Intro: 12 String (Am & Dm Patterns throughout Verse)

   Am          Dm             Am
I-----------I--------------I-------------I
I----3-5-3--I-----8-10-8---I----3-5-3----I
I--5--------I--10----------I--5-------5--I
I-----------I--------------I-------------I
I-----------I--------------I-------------I
I-----------I--------------I-------------I



Verse 1:
                          Am
I'm gonna have to put you down
                               Dm
You've been treatin' me like a clown
                               Am 
You know you've hurt me once before
                        Dm 
You'll never hurt me anymore

 
Chorus:
E         E   D 
Shoo-wee, you hurt me like a bee         V    V   V     V
  A                          E    5th I--2-2--2-2-2-2-2-2--I
A bumble bee, an evil bumble bee  6th I--0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0--I
                                         D D  U D D D D D

Verse 2:
                            Am
I gave you love as sweet as honey
                            Dm
My life, my soul and all my money
                       Am
You didn't seem to realize
                      Dm
You had a home in paradise


Bridge:

D                A   A7 E           A
Don't you know I cry,   Night after night
 D              A            B7                      E
Just one kiss before you go, Don't ever come back no more

 
Verse 3:
                            Am
Now baby there's no need of cryin'
                               Dm 
I'm sick and tired of all your lyin'
                               Am 
You know you've hurt my heart again
                        Dm 
I'm sorry baby it's the end


Chorus:


Bridge:


Repeat Verse 3 then Chorus


Ending:
                       Am
I-------------------I--5-5-5--I
I-------------------I--5-5-5--I
I-------------------I--5-5-5--I
I--7-7-5------------I--7-7-7--I
I--------7-5--------I--7-7-7--I
I------------8-5-5--I--5-5-5--I
                       D U D

This Searchers' song was tabbed by Peter McCormack













Don't Throw Your Love Away

(Jackson/Wisner)
 
Intro:

	G#

	C#sus4    C#    C#sus2    C#	(2x)
	x46674  x46664  x46644  x46664


Verse 1:

	C#               A#m                 C#
	Don't throw your love away, no no no no
                         A#m
	Don't throw your love away
             B                     C#
	For you might need it some day


Verse 2:

	C#               A#m                 C#
        Don't throw your dreams away, no no no no
	            A#m
        Keep them another day
	    B                        C#
        Oh, you might need them some day


Bridge:

	 A#         F#        A#                 F#      G#      A#
	Lovers of today just throw their dreams away and play at love
                F#              B       F#            B
	They'd give their love away to anyone who'll say
	        G#sus4    G#     G#m      G#
		466644  466544  466444  466544
	'I love you'


[repeat verse 1]


[repeat bridge]


Verse 3:

	C#               A#m                 
        Go out and have your fun you'd better
	C#                 A#m 
        Have your fun with anyone
	    B                      C#
        But don't throw your love away


[repeat verse 1]


Coda:

	C#               A#m                 C#
	Don't throw your love away, no no no no
                         A#m
	Don't throw your love away

	C#sus4  C#  C#sus2  C#

Another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers













Have You Ever Loved Somebody

(Clarke/Hicks/Nash)
 
Intro:

	(fuzz guitar doubled with clean 12-string octave higher:)

	 B                 A         G                F#
	 v   v   v   v     v v v v   v   v   v   v     v   v   v   v
	-----------------|---------|-----------------|-----------------
	-----------------|---------|-----------------|-----------------
	-----------------|---------|-----------------|-----------------
	-----------------|---------|-----------------|-----------------
	-2-------1-2-----|-0-------|-----------------|---------2---4---
	-----------------|---------|-3-------5-3-----|-2---------------

Verse 1:

	     B                                                      E
	You say that you want me and now that you've got me you're gone
	                                                              F#
	So think what you're doin' or else you'll regret what you've done
	       B                                              E 
	Don't come back tomorrow and say what we did wasn't right
	                                                        F#
	You'll cry on your pillow and find it hard to sleep at night

Chorus:

	 B              E        A
	Have you ever loved somebody
	 B                   E         A
	Don't you know just what it's like
	 D               G            A
	Hurting someone that you're close to
	 D              G         A     G   F#
	Have you ever loved all night, all night

Verse 2:

	Remember what happened the last time that you said goodbye
	Remember the sayin' that once bitten now means twice shy
	It's no use me cryin' there is no denyin' it's right
	But thinkin' has ruined the feeling that we had to fight

[repeat chorus]

Bridge:

	B            D
	If you hear people talkin' now
	 G                 F#
	Will you laugh or cry?
	B                D
	If you cry I'll sympathize with you
	G                 F# 
	If you laugh I'll die
	G                 F# 
	If you laugh I'll die

[repeat chorus 3X; end cold]

Another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers













Love Potion Number Nine

(Leiber/Stoller)
 
Verse 1:

	Am                          Dm
	I took my troubles down to Madame Ruth
	Am                            Dm
	You know that gypsy with the gold-capped tooth
        C                                 Am
	She's got a pad down at 34th and Vine
        Dm 
	Sellin' little bottles of
        E                   Am
	Love Potion Number Nine


Verse 2:

	Am                      Dm
        I told her that I was a flop with chicks
	Am                        Dm
        I'd been this way since 1956
	C                                          Am
        She looked at my palm and she made a magic sign
	Dm 
        She said "What you need is
	E                   Am
        Love Potion Number Nine"


Bridge:

             Dm
	She bent down and turned around and gave me a wink
             B7
	She said "I'm gonna make it up right here in the sink"
            Dm
	It smelled like turpentine and looked like India ink
           E
	I held my nose, I closed my eyes, I took a drink


Verse 3:

	Am                      Dm
        I didn't know if it was day or night
	Am                     Dm
        I started kissin' everything in sight
	    C                                      Am
        But when I kissed the cop down at 34th and Vine
	Dm
        He broke my little bottle of
	E
        Love Potion Number Nine


[repeat bridge, first three lines instrumentally]

[repeat verse 3]

Coda:

	Dm                  Am
	Love Potion Number Nine
	Dm                  Am
	Love Potion Number Nine
	Dm                  A   B   A   G    Am
	   [hold]           --single notes--
	Love Potion Number Nine

	
Notes:

	1) On the first verse, slide chromatically 
           to the Am and Dm.
	2) This is the Searchers' version; the Clovers'
           original used somewhat different chord changes 
           (and had a final verse about "Love Potion #10")

Another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers















Needles and Pins

(S. Bono - J. Nitsche)
 
Intro (play 2x):

	  v   v   v   v     v   v   v   v
	|-----------------|-----------------|
	|-----2---0-2---0-|-3---2---0-2-0-2-|
	|-2---2---2-2---2-|-2---2---2-2-2-2-|
	|-2---2---2-2---2-|-2---2---2-2-2-2-|
	|-0---0---0-0---0-|-0---0---0-0-0-0-|
	|-----------------|-----------------|
          ^
          first time only


Verse 1:

	            A  
	I saw her today, I saw her face
                          F#m
	It was the face I loved, and I knew
                      A                                F#m
	I had to run away and get down on my knees and pray
	
        That they'd go away
	                   A (intro riff)
	But still they'd begin
                          F#m
	Those needles and pins
                          D
	Because of all my pride
                          E
	The tears I gotta hide


Verse 2:

	                    A
        Hey, I though I was smart, I'd won her heart
	                 F#m
        Didn't think I'd do,  but now I see
	                        A              
        She's worse to him than me, let her go ahead
	                 F#m                           
        Take his love instead, and one day she will see
	                A                
        Just how to say please
	                    F#m
        And get down on her knees
	                     D
        Hey, that's how it begins
	                              E   
        She'll feel those needles and pins, 

        hurtin' her, hurtin' her


Bridge:

	E D# D C#
                                               B
	Why can't I stop and tell myself I'm wrong,

        I'm wrong, so wrong
        
        A                                         G#
	Why can't I stand up and tell myself I'm strong


Verse 3:

                             C#
	Because I saw her today, I saw her face
                           A#m
	It was the face I loved, and I knew
                      C#                               A#m
	I had to run away and get down on my knees and pray
	
        That they'd go away
                           C# (outro riff)
	But still they'd begin
	            A#m
	Needles and pins
                           F#
	Because of all my pride
                           G#
	The tears I gotta hide


Coda:

	  v   v   v   v     v   v   v   v
	|-----------------|-----------------|
	|-----6---4-6---4-|-7---6---4-6-4-6-|
	|-----6---6-6---6-|-6---6---6-6-6-6-|
	|-----6---6-6---6-|-6---6---6-6-6-6-|
	|-----4---4-4---4-|-4---4---4-4-4-4-|
	|-----------------|-----------------|


                         C# (repeat riff from here)
	Oh, needles and pins
	
        Needles and pins, Needles and pins

	(one more repeat of riff; end on C#)

Another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers













No One Else Could Love Me

(Chris Crummey)
 
Intro: E  Esus4  E  Esus4


Verse 1:

      E                 Esus4                    E    Esus4
      No one else could tell me things I want to hear
        E                                     B7
      I wouldn't want to know what they think of me
        E                             A       F#m
      I only know that every time you hold me near
      A                 B7          E  Esus4 E Esus4
      No one else would love me but you


Verse 2:

      E                 Esus4           E                Esus4
      No one else could make me feel my life's worthwhile
          E                                B7
      And feel I own the star that shines above me
          E                             A   F#m
      You only have to turn to me and smi-i-ile
      A                B7          E   Esus4  E F#m Abm 
      No one else wold love me but you


Chorus:

          A                   F#m       B
      And all I have to do is hold you, hold you
      A                              F#m              B7
      In my dreams each night that's what I told you, told you

      
Verse 3:

      E                 Esus4           E               Esus4
      No one else could make me feel my life's to share
          E                              B7
      You only have to say what you want of me
          E                                  A        F#m
      And you don't have to tell me that you care-are-are
      A                 B7          E   Esus E (F#m Abm)
      No one else could love me but you


Chorus:

Verse 3: Drop (F#m Abm) for ending


Ending:

            E           Esus4
            No No No No No
            A                 B7          E   Esus4  E
            No one else could love me but you

This Searchers' song was tabbed by Peter McCormack













Saturday Night Out

(Richards - Anthony)
 
                                
Chorus:

           C#m                  
      Come on little girl let's take it
           A
      Come on little girl let's shake it
           Am                         B
      Come on little girl and make it Saturday night out


Verse 1:

                      E                    C#m
      Won't you come along now, Baby come along now
                  A                    B
      Everybody's out on the town on a Saturday night
                          E                       C#m
      Tell me that you're my girl, Don't you be a shy girl
                      A                    B
      Won't you come along with me baby on Saturday night, ooooo


Chorus:


Verse 2:

                        E                     C#m
      Don't you stay at home now, Needn't be alone now
                      A                         B
      Come along with me and you'll see why I'm holding you tight,       
      B                   E                   E
      Everything's right, Saturday night out, Saturday night out


Chorus:


Repeat Verse 2:

           
Ending:
 
            E
        Add: Saturday night out

This Searchers' Song was tabbed by Peter McCormack













Sea Of Heartbreak

(H. David and P. Hampton)
 
Into: E  B7  E  B7



     Verse 1:

     E                 C#m     A               B
     The lights in the harbor  Don't shine for me 
     E          C#m       A           B
     I'm like a lost ship Lost on the sea  


     Chorus:

                 E                        B
     This Sea of Heartbreak lost love and loneliness 
                      E
     Mem'ries of your caress, 
                A                         E
     So divine  I wish that you were mine again my dear
                B                    E           A B
     I'm on the sea of tears  Sea of Heartbreak 


     Verse 2:

     E         C#m       A           B
     How did I lose you  where did I fail 
     E           C#m      A         B 
     Why did you leave me always to sail 
            

     Chorus:


     Bridge:

     A                   E                  C#m                     Ab
     Oh what I'd give to sail back to shore Back to your arms once  more


     Verse 3:

     E          C#m    A            B  
     Come to my rescue Come here to me 
     E           C#m     A             B
     Take me and keep me away from the sea
           

     Chorus:


     Ending:
            A          B            E
     Sea of Heartbreak oo oo Sea of Heartbreak
            A          B            E
     Sea of Heartbreak oo oo Sea of Heartbreak

This Searcher's song was tabbed by Peter McCormack






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