Shy Boy:Lou Christie.
#119 on BB Hot 100 (Bubbling Under) on
ROULETTE Records in 1963.
(One of his first.)
INTRO:
Eb Cm Fm Bb
Shy, shy, shy-yi-yi-yi, boy.
Eb Cm Ab Bb
Shy, shy, shy-yi-yi-yi, boy.
Eb Fm Bb B Eb Cm
Shy boy, oh, nooooooooo..shy boy,
Fm Bb
oh, noooooooooo..
#1.
Eb Cm Fm Ab Eb Cm
Too looooooonnnnnng, I wanted to walk like a man,
Ab Bb
ask for your hand.
Eb Fm Gm Eb Cm Fm Bb
And, oh, nooooooooow that I careeeee, I stand and stare..
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(cause I'm a, shy boy, oh, nooooo, ohhhh, oooooo..
Eb Cm Fm Ab Bb
shy boy, whoah, no..oooo.
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#2.
Eb Cm Fm Bb Eb
And nooooooooooooooow, and now that love is here, words
Fm Ab Bb
disappear....
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To looooooooove, I laughed at other lovers.
Eb Fm Bb
But I wanna change, I've gotta change.
Cm Eb Fm Ab Bb
(Cause I'm a shy, shy, shy-yi-yi-yi boy.)
Eb Cm Fm Bb
(Shy, shy, shy-yi-yi-yi boy.)
BRIDGE:
Ab Bb Eb Cm Bb
Now, that love is beginning..(ya-da-da, shy boy.)
Ab Bb Eb Cm
Please be the first to take my hand..(ya-da-da, shy boy.)
Ab Bb Eb F
I'm so afraid you'll walk away..you'll turn me down, you're
Bb B E Db Dbm
gonna make me a clown..(Without a chanceeeeee)..to prove I'm not
F#m B Dbm E F# B
a shy boy, shy boy, oh, no.
OUTRO:
E Dbm F#m B
I'm only (a shy-yi-yi-boy) a shy-yi-yi boy....(oh, don't wanna
E Dbm A B
be) a shy boy (shy boy)..(Fade.)
A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.
