Last Kiss:Wayne Cochran And The C.C. Riders.
Recorded on GALA Records in 1961. (DNC, why,
I don't know. J.Frank Wilson pushed it to #2
in 1964 and then Pearl Jam ressurected it.
Personally, I like Cochran's (he wrote it)
version better.
INTRO: C Am F G7
CHORUS:
C Am
Oh, where, oh, where, can my baby be..?
F G7
the Lord took her away from me.
C Am
She's gone to Heaven so I've got to be good..
F G7 C G7
so I can see my baby when I leave this world.
#2.
C Am
We were out on a date, in my daddy's car..
F G7
we hadn't driven very far.
C Am F
There in the road, straight ahead..a car was
G7
stalled, the engine was dead.
#3.
C Am
I couldn't stop, so I swerved to the right..
F G7
I'll never forget the sound that night.
C Am
The cryin' tires, the bustin' glass..
F G7 C G7
the painful scream that I heard last.
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CHORUS:
C Am
Oh, where, oh, where, can my baby be..?
F G7
the Lord took her away from me.
C Am
She's gone to Heaven so I've got to be good..
F G7 C G7
so I can see my baby when I leave this world.
#4.
C Am
When I woke up, the rain was pouring down..
F G7
there were people standin' all around.
C Am
Something warm running in my eyes..
F G7
but, I found my baby, somehow, that night.
#5.
C Am
I raised her head, then she smiled and said..
F G7
hold me darlin', just a little while.
C Am
I held her close, I kissed her our last kiss..
F G7
I found the love that I knew I would miss.
C Am
Well, now she's gone, even though I hold her tight..
F G7 C G7
I lost my love, my life that night.
CHORUS:
C Am
Oh, where, oh, where, can my baby be..?
F G7
the Lord took her away from me.
C Am
She's gone to Heaven so I've got to be good..
F G7 C G7
so I can see my baby when I leave this world.
OUTRO:
C Am F
Oooo-oooo-oooo-oooo-oooo-oooo-oooo-oooo-oooo-oooo-
G7
oooo-oooo-oooo-oooo..
C Am F
Oooo-oooo-oooo-oooo-oooo-oooo-oooo-oooo-oooo-oooo-
G7
oooo-oooo-oooo-oooo..(Fade.)
A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.
