Blues Get Off My Shoulder:Dee Clark.
#109 on BB Hot 100 (bubbling Under)
on ABNER Records in 1959.
(Bass licks throughout song, as follows..)
Intro:
#1.
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#3.
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Intro: F Bbm (x7)
(oooh-oooh-oooh-oooh-oooh..)
#1.
Fm Bbm Fm Bbm
There's a cold, cold feeling in my heart.
Fm Bbm Fm F
And it's trying to get cold..er.
Bbm Eb Ebm F
Please, oh, please, have pity on me..and blues,
Bbm
get off my shoulder.
#2.
Bbm F Bbm F
You have ruined a perfect love affair and now
Bbm F
you're trying to get bolder.
Bbm Eb Ebm F
Please, oh, please, have pity on me..and blues,
Bbm
get off my shoulder.
Bridge:
Ebm
I can't sleep at night, the tears keep falling..
Fm Bb
tears keep falling..down..own.
Ebm Bm Db Gb Ebm
My days could be brighter..my nights would be shorter..
F Gb F
blues, quit hangin' around.
#3.
Bbm F Bbm F
You have ruined a perfect love affair and now
Bbm F
you're trying to get bolder.
Bbm Eb Ebm F
Please, oh, please, have pity on me..and blues,
Bbm
get off my shoulder.
OUTRO:LICK#1 (x5)
A fifties smash from Kraziekhat.