Often mistitled as 39-21-46. The epitome of Carolina beach music
Tabbed by Rick in Macon
C Am F G7 C Am F
You are so beautiful,
G7 C Am F
you're such a sight to see,
G7 C Am F G7
you're the girl for me.
C Am F G7 C Am F
You set my soul afire,
G7 C Am
filling my heart with one desire,
F G7 C C7
wanting to be with you.
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F Dm F Dm
You could make a blind man see,
F Dm F Dm
you could make a crippled man walk,
F Dm F Dm C Am
You could make the quietest man in the world talk.
C Am C Am C Am C Am
Uh, huh, huh. (Nobody else will do.)
F Dm F Dm
Every little boy in town
F Dm F Dm
wants to get his arms around
G G G G
(You, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you)
G7
For no one else will do
C Am F G7 C Am F G7
but you, with your 39-21-40 shape,
C Am F G7 C
Yes, you got me going ape-ity-ape over you
C Am F G7
(You, you, you, you, you, you, you, you. Ah, ah, ah, ah, you)
F Dm F Dm
You could make a blind man see,
F Dm F Dm
you could make a crippled man walk,
F Dm F Dm C Am
You could make the quietest man in the world talk.
C Am C Am
Yes. (Nobody else will do.)
F Dm F Dm
Every little boy in town
F Dm F Dm
wants to get his arms around
G G G G
(You, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you)
G7
For no one else will do but
C Am F G7 C Am F G7
you, with your 39-21-40 shape,
C Am F G7 C
Yes, you got me going ape-ity-ape over you
C Am F G (FADE OUT)
Yeah, yeah, yeah, Oh, oh, oh, oh.
Rick in Macon