Biography:
Dee Dee Sharp (born Dione LaRue, September 9, 1945, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States) is an American R&B singer, who began her career recording as a backing vocalist in 1961.
In 1962 she began a string of successful Billboard Hot 100 Top 10 hits: "Slow Twistin'" (with Chubby Checker) (#3), "Mashed Potato Time" (#2), "Gravy (For My Mashed Potatoes)" (#9), "Ride" (#5) and "Do the Bird" (#10). Both "Mashed Potato Time" and "Ride" each sold over one million copies, and were awarded gold discs.
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I Sold My Heart To The Junkman:Dee Dee Sharp.
Album - It's Mashed Potato Time - #44 on BB
Hot 200 on CAMEO Records in 1962.
INTRO:
Eb
I sold my heart to the junkman, now.
(Oh, yes.)
Cm
I sold my heart to the junkman, now.
(Oh, whoaa.)
Ab
Yes, I did, yes, I did, yes, I did..
Bb
(oh, yeah.)
Bb Db Bb Db
and I'll never fall in love again.
#1.
Eb Cm Ab Bb
I gave my heart to you, the one that I trusted.
Eb Cm Ab Bb
You gave it back to me, all broken and busted.
Cm Ab
I sold my heart to the junkman..(I sold my heart
to the junkman, now.)
Ab Bb Eb
And I'll never fall in love again..(No, I'll never
fall in love, again.)
#2.
Cm Ab
You took my heart because you, thought that you
Bb
could use it.
Eb Cm Ab Bb
Just like a little toy, you battered and bruised it.
Cm Ab
I sold my heart to the junkman.. (I sold my heart to
the junkman. now.)
Ab Bb Bbm Eb
And I'll never fall in love a....gain..(No, I'll never fall
in love, again.)
BRIDGE:
Gm
And like a little talk, now..in a simple manner..love played a
losing part..(Yes, it did, yes, it did.)
F C F Bb
We planned a happy ending..and now I know our love is broken
apart.
#3.
Eb Cm Ab Bb
I'll throw away my pride, and say we'll be friends, dear.
Eb Cm Ab Bb
Teardrops I cannot have, boy..this is the end, dear.
Cm Ab
I sold my heart to the junkman..(I sold my heart to the
junkman, now.)
Ab F Bb Eb
And I'll never fall in love, again..(No, I'll never fall
in love, again.)
OUTRO:
Eb
(I sold my heart to the junkman, now)..whoaaa, yeah.
Cm
(I sold my heart to the junkman, now)..Whoa, oh, oh,
yeah.
Ab
(Yes, I did, yes, I did, yes, I did)..whoooaaa, yeah.
Bb
(I sold my heart to the junkman, now.)(Fade.)
A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.
Album - It's Mashed Potato Time - #44 on BB
Hot 200 on CAMEO Records in 1962.
INTRO:
Eb
I sold my heart to the junkman, now.
(Oh, yes.)
Cm
I sold my heart to the junkman, now.
(Oh, whoaa.)
Ab
Yes, I did, yes, I did, yes, I did..
Bb
(oh, yeah.)
Bb Db Bb Db
and I'll never fall in love again.
#1.
Eb Cm Ab Bb
I gave my heart to you, the one that I trusted.
Eb Cm Ab Bb
You gave it back to me, all broken and busted.
Cm Ab
I sold my heart to the junkman..(I sold my heart
to the junkman, now.)
Ab Bb Eb
And I'll never fall in love again..(No, I'll never
fall in love, again.)
#2.
Cm Ab
You took my heart because you, thought that you
Bb
could use it.
Eb Cm Ab Bb
Just like a little toy, you battered and bruised it.
Cm Ab
I sold my heart to the junkman.. (I sold my heart to
the junkman. now.)
Ab Bb Bbm Eb
And I'll never fall in love a....gain..(No, I'll never fall
in love, again.)
BRIDGE:
Gm
And like a little talk, now..in a simple manner..love played a
losing part..(Yes, it did, yes, it did.)
F C F Bb
We planned a happy ending..and now I know our love is broken
apart.
#3.
Eb Cm Ab Bb
I'll throw away my pride, and say we'll be friends, dear.
Eb Cm Ab Bb
Teardrops I cannot have, boy..this is the end, dear.
Cm Ab
I sold my heart to the junkman..(I sold my heart to the
junkman, now.)
Ab F Bb Eb
And I'll never fall in love, again..(No, I'll never fall
in love, again.)
OUTRO:
Eb
(I sold my heart to the junkman, now)..whoaaa, yeah.
Cm
(I sold my heart to the junkman, now)..Whoa, oh, oh,
yeah.
Ab
(Yes, I did, yes, I did, yes, I did)..whoooaaa, yeah.
Bb
(I sold my heart to the junkman, now.)(Fade.)
A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.
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