Biography:
Richard Paul Astley (born February 6, 1966) is an English dance-pop singer, songwriter and musician. He was born in Newton-le-Willows, St Helens, Lancashire, England. Astley currently resides in Richmond, Surrey with his Danish girlfriend, Lene Bausager, and their daughter, Emilie.
In 1985, Astley was playing the club circuit as a singer with a soul band named FBI, when he was seen by the record producer Pete Waterman and persuaded to come to London to work at the PWL recording studio.
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Other songs:
- Never Gonna Give You Up
- Angels On My Side
- Be With You
- Beautiful Life
- Better Together
- Chance To Dance
- Cry For Help
- Dance
- Empty Heart
- Every Corner
- Giving Up On Love
- Hold Me In Your Arms
- Hopelessly
- I Need The Light
- It Would Take A Strong Strong Man
- Keep It Turned On
- Keep Singing
- Last Night On Earth
- Let It Rain
- Lights Out
- Move Right Out
- Pieces
- Rise Up
- She Makes Me
- Shivers
- Sleeping
- Superman
- The Good Old Days
- Together Forever
- Try
- Wish Away
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QmRf1hVlSvI
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A Em7 G G
A Em7 G G
[Verse]
A
I know it's hard to see
Em7 G
Why things ain't going your way, baby
A
And everyone you know
Em7 G
Seems to get the breaks you don't
[Pre-Chorus]
A
And the words to the songs that you sing
Em
Ain't the right ones baby...no
A
And the grass is the wrong shade of green
Em G
Or so it seems... yeah...
[Chorus]
D Em7
Don't break it up Don't shake it up
G
Just turn it on, got to keep it turned on
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Don't burn it out Don't sell it out
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Just turn it on, got to keep it turned on
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Turn it on...
[Verse]
A
You gotta understand
Em7 G
Life is what you make it baby
A
No time to sit around and
Em7 G
Think of the mistakes you made
[Pre-Chorus]
A
Well it's not what you had
Em
It's what you're having right here baby
A
And it's not who you know
Em G
It's what you know deep down inside
[Chorus]
D Em7
Don't break it up Don't shake it up
G
Just turn it on, got to keep it turned on
D Em7
Don't burn it out Don't sell it out
G
Just turn it on, got to keep it turned on
D Em7
Don't break it up Don't shake it up
G
Just turn it on, got to keep it turned on
D Em7
Don't burn it out Don't sell it out
G
Just turn it on, got to keep it turned on
D Em7 G
Turn it on...
A Em7 A Em7 G
Just turn it on
[Break]
D Em7 G G
D Em7 G G
[Chorus]
D Em7
Don't break it up Don't shake it up
G
Just turn it on, got to keep it turned on
D Em7
Don't burn it out Don't sell it out
G
Just turn it on, got to keep it turned on
D Em7 G
Turn it on...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QmRf1hVlSvI
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Em7 022030
[Intro]
A Em7 G G
A Em7 G G
[Verse]
A
I know it's hard to see
Em7 G
Why things ain't going your way, baby
A
And everyone you know
Em7 G
Seems to get the breaks you don't
[Pre-Chorus]
A
And the words to the songs that you sing
Em
Ain't the right ones baby...no
A
And the grass is the wrong shade of green
Em G
Or so it seems... yeah...
[Chorus]
D Em7
Don't break it up Don't shake it up
G
Just turn it on, got to keep it turned on
D Em7
Don't burn it out Don't sell it out
G
Just turn it on, got to keep it turned on
D Em7 G
Turn it on...
[Verse]
A
You gotta understand
Em7 G
Life is what you make it baby
A
No time to sit around and
Em7 G
Think of the mistakes you made
[Pre-Chorus]
A
Well it's not what you had
Em
It's what you're having right here baby
A
And it's not who you know
Em G
It's what you know deep down inside
[Chorus]
D Em7
Don't break it up Don't shake it up
G
Just turn it on, got to keep it turned on
D Em7
Don't burn it out Don't sell it out
G
Just turn it on, got to keep it turned on
D Em7
Don't break it up Don't shake it up
G
Just turn it on, got to keep it turned on
D Em7
Don't burn it out Don't sell it out
G
Just turn it on, got to keep it turned on
D Em7 G
Turn it on...
A Em7 A Em7 G
Just turn it on
[Break]
D Em7 G G
D Em7 G G
[Chorus]
D Em7
Don't break it up Don't shake it up
G
Just turn it on, got to keep it turned on
D Em7
Don't burn it out Don't sell it out
G
Just turn it on, got to keep it turned on
D Em7 G
Turn it on...
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