Biography:
Neil Sedaka (born 13 March 1939 in Brooklyn, New York) is an American pop singer, pianist, and songwriter often associated with the Brill Building era of songwriting. He teamed up with Howard Greenfield to write many major hit songs for himself and others.
Sedaka wrote his 1959 hit "Oh! Carol" about his then-girlfriend, Carol Klein, later to become Carole King. In 1963, King released a humorous answer entitled "Oh Neil".
The Laughter In the Rain Songfacts says Sedaka's hits dried up when The Beatles arrived
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Other songs:
- Breakin Up Is Hard To Do
- Breaking Up Is Hard To Do
- Calendar Girl
- Goin' Home To Mary Lou
- Happy Birthday Sweet Sixteen
- Laughter In The Rain
- Little Devil
- No Vacancy
- Oh Carol
- Rosemary Blue
- Stairway To Heaven
- The Diary
- The Hungry Years
- Oh! Carol
- Alice In Wonderland
- Bad Blood
- Bad Girl
- Crying My Heart Out For You
- Esagerata
- Goin Home To Mary Lou
- Gone With The Morning
- King Of Clowns
- Lets Go Steady Again
- Love Will Keep Us Together
- My Friend
- My World Keeps Getting Smaller Everyday
- Next Door To An Angel
- One More Mountain To Climb
- One Way Ticket
- Standing On The Inside
- Stephen
- Stupid Cupid
- Sweet Little You
- The Dreamer
- The Girl For Me
- The Immigrant
- The Other Side Of Me
- The Queen Of 1964
- You Mean Everything To Me
- Youre So Good To Me
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Standing On The Inside
by Neil Sedaka
//Tab by Apts//
Intro: Bbm (x4)
Verse 1:
Bbm
Standing on the outside
Fm Bb Ab (quick x2)
Looking in
Bb
You know it's been a long time
Ab Bb Db D
Don't know where to begin
Ebm
So much I wanna say
So much I wanna do
C
Friends are telling me
F F Ab (quick x2)
It's time that you broke through
Verse 2:
Bbm
I've been through the hard times
F Bb Ab (quick x2)
Of searching soul
Bbm
You know it's been a hard climb
Bbm Db Bbm Ebm
From rock and roll
Pre-Chorus 1:
Ebm
Now I feel a need in me
So hard to explain
Bb
Now I've seen the joy and light
F Eb F
And I wanna remain
Chorus:
Db Ab
Standing on the inside
F# Db
I finally broke that line
Db Ab
Ring around the circle
F# Db
Don't you know that it feels so fine
Bbm F Db Eb
Every waking moment I just wanna sing the news
F#
That I'm standing on the inside
F# (pause) Bbm
I kicked away them blues
Break: Bbm (x2)
Verse 3:
Bb
All the phoney faces
Fm Bb Ab (quick x2)
Stand in line
Bb
All the backslappers
Ab Bb Db D
Know my name this time
Pre-Chorus 2:
Ebm
Now that I've turned the lock
Now that I've opened the door
Bb
I won't be on the outside, no
F Eb F
Anymore
Chorus:
Db Ab
Standing on the inside
F# Db
I finally broke that line
Db Ab
Ring around the circle
F# Db
Don't you know that it feels so fine
Bbm F Db Eb
Every waking moment I just wanna sing the news
F#
That I'm standing on the inside
F# (pause) Bbm
Pushed away them blues
Break: Bbm (x4)
Pre-Chorus 3:
Ebm
Now that I've turned the lock
Now that I've opened the door
Bb
I won't be on the outside, no
F Eb F
Anymore
Chorus:
Db Ab
Standing on the inside
F# Db
I finally broke that line
Db Ab
Ring around the circle
F# Db
Don't you know that it feels so fine
Bbm F Db Eb
Every waking moment I just wanna sing the news
F#
That I'm standing on the inside
F# (pause) Bbm
I kicked away them blues
Outro:
Bbm
Standing on the inside (standing on the inside)
Bbm
Standing on the inside (standing on the inside)
Bbm
I kicked, I kicked, I kicked, I kicked (standing on the inside)
(Repeat x2 more times and fade)
Bbm
Babe, baby, yeah
by Neil Sedaka
//Tab by Apts//
Intro: Bbm (x4)
Verse 1:
Bbm
Standing on the outside
Fm Bb Ab (quick x2)
Looking in
Bb
You know it's been a long time
Ab Bb Db D
Don't know where to begin
Ebm
So much I wanna say
So much I wanna do
C
Friends are telling me
F F Ab (quick x2)
It's time that you broke through
Verse 2:
Bbm
I've been through the hard times
F Bb Ab (quick x2)
Of searching soul
Bbm
You know it's been a hard climb
Bbm Db Bbm Ebm
From rock and roll
Pre-Chorus 1:
Ebm
Now I feel a need in me
So hard to explain
Bb
Now I've seen the joy and light
F Eb F
And I wanna remain
Chorus:
Db Ab
Standing on the inside
F# Db
I finally broke that line
Db Ab
Ring around the circle
F# Db
Don't you know that it feels so fine
Bbm F Db Eb
Every waking moment I just wanna sing the news
F#
That I'm standing on the inside
F# (pause) Bbm
I kicked away them blues
Break: Bbm (x2)
Verse 3:
Bb
All the phoney faces
Fm Bb Ab (quick x2)
Stand in line
Bb
All the backslappers
Ab Bb Db D
Know my name this time
Pre-Chorus 2:
Ebm
Now that I've turned the lock
Now that I've opened the door
Bb
I won't be on the outside, no
F Eb F
Anymore
Chorus:
Db Ab
Standing on the inside
F# Db
I finally broke that line
Db Ab
Ring around the circle
F# Db
Don't you know that it feels so fine
Bbm F Db Eb
Every waking moment I just wanna sing the news
F#
That I'm standing on the inside
F# (pause) Bbm
Pushed away them blues
Break: Bbm (x4)
Pre-Chorus 3:
Ebm
Now that I've turned the lock
Now that I've opened the door
Bb
I won't be on the outside, no
F Eb F
Anymore
Chorus:
Db Ab
Standing on the inside
F# Db
I finally broke that line
Db Ab
Ring around the circle
F# Db
Don't you know that it feels so fine
Bbm F Db Eb
Every waking moment I just wanna sing the news
F#
That I'm standing on the inside
F# (pause) Bbm
I kicked away them blues
Outro:
Bbm
Standing on the inside (standing on the inside)
Bbm
Standing on the inside (standing on the inside)
Bbm
I kicked, I kicked, I kicked, I kicked (standing on the inside)
(Repeat x2 more times and fade)
Bbm
Babe, baby, yeah
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