Saturday 15 September 2012

Dawn Go Away - The Four Seasons


                            "Dawn (Go Away)"
                        (B. Gaudio - S. Linzer)


LP intro:

  A          F#m
 Pretty as a midsummer's morn
 E7-9           A
 They call her Dawn

Intro:

 [drum roll]

 [chimes arr. for guitar]
 Asus2 A     Asus2 A       Dmaj7 D     Dmaj7 D
     / / / /     / / / /       / / / /     / / / /

Verse 1:

  A                     D
 Dawn, go away, I'm no good for you
      A                             D
 Oh, Dawn, stay with him, he'll be good to you
  A               F#m
 Hang on, hang on to him
 Bm      C#m           D            E
 Think (think) what a big man he'll be
 Bm      C#m           D            E
 Think (think) of the places you'll see
      Bm             C#m         D          E            A
 Now think what the future would be with a poor boy like me
 F#m       A
 Me...

Bridge:

           D   Dm            A
 Dawn go away,    please go away
             Bm  E                A
 Although I know   I want you to stay
           D   Dm            A
 Dawn go away,    please go away
            Dm   E                   C  D  E   C  D  E
 Baby don't cry,   it's better this way

Verse 2:

 Dawn, go away back where you belong
 Girl, we can't change the places where we were born
 Before you say (you say) that you want me
 I want you to think (think) what your family would say
 Think (think) what you're throwing away
 Now think what the future would be with a poor boy like me
 Me...

Coda [repeat to fade]:

  A                     D
 Dawn, go away, I'm no good for you