• Song:

    You Beat Me To The Punch

  • Artist:

    Mary Wells

  • Album:

    American Legend

You Beat Me To The Punch:Mary Wells.
#9 in 1962.

#1.
D (xx0232@1)                               BmThat (x24432@1)day, I first saw you (whoa, whoa) passing by..
  D (xx0232@1)                            Bm (x24432@1)             AI (x02220@1)wanted, to know your name, but I...was much too shy.
          DBut (xx0232@1)I was looking at you so hard,
         Bmthat (x24432@1)you must have had a hunch.
        GSo, (320003@1)you came up to me and asked me my name.

CHORUS:
G (320003@1)                D (xx0232@1)         BmYou (x24432@1)beat me to the punch..that time..
                   D (xx0232@1)                BmYou (x24432@1)beat me to the punch..oh, oh, oh, oh.
                   D (xx0232@1)       BmYou (x24432@1)beat me to the pun.un.un.unch..
           
Whoa, whoa, whoa...

#2.
D (xx0232@1)                                                       BmAfter..I (x24432@1)had known you, for what seems like a long, long, time.
  D (xx0232@1)                                 Bm (x24432@1)               AI (x02220@1)wanted, wanted to ask you would you please, please, be mine.
         DWhenever (xx0232@1)you came around, my heart would pound,
        Bmso, (x24432@1)you must have had a hunch.
        GSo, (320003@1)you came up to me and asked me to be yours.

CHORUS:
G (320003@1)                D (xx0232@1)             BmYou (x24432@1)beat me to the punch..one more time..
                   D (xx0232@1)                BmYou (x24432@1)beat me to the punch..oh, oh, oh, oh.
                   D (xx0232@1)       BmYou (x24432@1)beat me to the pun.un.un.unch..
           
Yeahhh...

#3.
G (320003@1)                  A (x02220@1)                           D (xx0232@1)
Since I loved you, I thought you would be true and love 
    Bmme, (x24432@1)tender.
      D (xx0232@1)             Bm (x24432@1)       D (xx0232@1)        BmSo, (x24432@1)I let my heart surrender..to you, yes I did.
    G (320003@1)            A (x02220@1)               DBut (xx0232@1)I found out, beyond a doubt..one day, boy,
           Bm (x24432@1)               G (320003@1)                   Ayou (x02220@1)were a playboy..who would go away and leave me, blue.

#4.
A (x02220@1)   DSo, (xx0232@1)I ain't gonna wait, around for you to put me down.
     Bm (x24432@1)                              GThis (320003@1)time I'm gonna play my hunch..and walk away this very day.
G (320003@1)                 D (xx0232@1)         BmAnd (x24432@1)beat you to the punch, this time.
                     D (xx0232@1)           BmI'll (x24432@1)beat you to the punch, yes, I will.

OUTRO:
     D (xx0232@1)                             BmI'll (x24432@1)let you know, now..how great it feels...(Fade.)


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