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):
A5 Asus4 A A Asus4 A5 Asus4 A A Asus4
------------------------ -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]
G5
------------------
------------------
------2---2---0-0-
------2-4-2---0-0-
--3h4-------------
--------------3-3-
bass fill:
(C)
-----------------
-5h7---5---------
---------7-5-3---
-----------------
Verse 1:
C Am Dm7
I never knew how complete life could be
/C Bm7-5 E
Til' she kissed me and said, baby
Chorus:
A F#m D C#m Bm
Please (baby) go all the way
E C#m F#
It feels so right (feels so right)
Bm Dm E
Being with you here tonight
A F#m D C#m Bm
Please (baby) go all the way
E C#m F#
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
A F G A
I had a hole in the place where my heart should've been
A Asus4 A Asus4
Now I'm changed and it feels so strange
A F G A B
I come alive when she says all those things to me
E
And she says
A
(Come on) come on
E A
(Come on) come on
D
I need you (come on)
G
I love you (come on)
C Esus4 E
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
DaddE A/C# F/C Bm E
xx0230
[repeat Intro Riff #1 (3X); end cold on A]
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