Tell Me How:Buddy Holly And The Crickets. Album - The Chirpin' Crickets - Ranked number 421 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time. Recorded on BRUNSWICK Records in 1957. INTRO: A E (x2) #1. A E7 Tell me how to keep your love. A E7 You know how I need your love. A D E7 Tell me how you keep the love A E7 A E7 within your heart from me. #2. A E7 Don't you know that I love you. A E7 Let me show why I'm true blue A D E7 When I know our love is true A E7 A E7 Don't keep your love from me. CHORUS: F#m If you would say to me, today, E the time for love is now. F#m Could I sway your love my way? D E7 Then I say tell me how. #3. A E7 Tell me how to keep your love. A E7 You know how I need your love. A D E7 Tell me how you keep the love A E7 A E7 within your heart from me. (INTERLUDE:) A E A E A..D A E A..E..(2) CHORUS: F#m If you would say to me, today, E the time for love is now. F#m Could I sway your love my way? D E7 Then I say tell me how. #4. A E7 Tell me how to keep your love. A E7 You know how I need your love. A D E7 Tell me how you keep the love A E7 A E7 within your heart from me. OUTRO: A D E7 Tell me how you keep the love A E7 A E7 within your heart from me. D A E..A E A A Fifties smash from Kraziekhat.