Biography:
Roy Hamilton (b. April 16, 1929, Leesburg, Georgia – d. July 20, 1969, New Rochelle, New York) was an American singer who achieved major success in both the R&B and pop charts in the 1950s.
He moved to Jersey City in 1943, studied commercial art, had operatic and classical voice training, and was a heavyweight Golden Gloves boxer, before joining gospel quartet The Searchlight Singers. In 1947 he entered and won an amateur talent show at the Apollo Theater with his dramatic rendition of "You'll Never Walk Alone" from the musical "Carousel".
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You Can Have Her:Roy Hamilton.
#6 R&B and #12 on BB Hot 100 on EPIC Records
in 1961.
INTRO: Eb
#1.
Eb Ab
Well, you can have her, I don't want her, she didn't
Eb Bb
love me, anyway.
Eb Ab Eb
She only wanted someone to play with, but all I wanted
Bb Eb
was love to stay.
#1.
Eb Ab
Well, if you get stuck with the wrong woman, there's
Eb Bb
only one thing that you can do.
Eb Ab
Just dig a hole and jump right in it, and pull the
Eb Bb Eb
ground right over you.
CHORUS:
Eb Ab
Well, you can have her (you can have her) I don't want
Eb Bb
her (I don't want her) she didn't love me anyway (anyway.)
Eb Ab
She only wanted (only wanted) someone to play with (someone
Eb Bb
to play with) but all I wanted (all I wanted) was love
Eb
to stay.
#2.
Eb Ab Eb
The girl I love, she, up and left me, she ran away with
Bb
my best friend.
Eb Ab Eb
Comes home at night just for one hour, when daylight comes
Bb Eb
she's gone again.
CHORUS:
Eb Ab
Well, you can have her (you can have her) I don't want
Eb Bb
her (I don't want her) she didn't love me anyway (anyway.)
Eb Ab
She only wanted (only wanted) someone to play with (someone
Eb Bb
to play with) but all I wanted (all I wanted) was love
Eb
to stay.
#3.
Eb Ab Eb
Life without love is mighty empty, but confession's good
Bb
for the soul.
Eb Ab
I'd rather have love that I can cling to, than have the
Eb Bb Eb
world and all of it's gold.
CHORUS:
Eb Ab
(You can have her) you can have her (I don't want
Eb Bb
her) I don't want her (she didn't love me) anyway (anyway.)
Eb Ab
(She only wanted) she only wanted (someone to play with)
Eb Bb Eb
someone to play with (but all I wanted was love to stay.)
OUTRO:
Eb Ab
Well, you can have her (you can have her) I don't want
Eb Bb
her (I don't want her) she didn't love me anyway (anyway.)
Eb Ab
She only wanted (only wanted) someone to play with (someone
Eb Bb
to play with) but all I wanted (all I wanted) was love
Eb
to stay..(Fade.)
A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.
#6 R&B and #12 on BB Hot 100 on EPIC Records
in 1961.
INTRO: Eb
#1.
Eb Ab
Well, you can have her, I don't want her, she didn't
Eb Bb
love me, anyway.
Eb Ab Eb
She only wanted someone to play with, but all I wanted
Bb Eb
was love to stay.
#1.
Eb Ab
Well, if you get stuck with the wrong woman, there's
Eb Bb
only one thing that you can do.
Eb Ab
Just dig a hole and jump right in it, and pull the
Eb Bb Eb
ground right over you.
CHORUS:
Eb Ab
Well, you can have her (you can have her) I don't want
Eb Bb
her (I don't want her) she didn't love me anyway (anyway.)
Eb Ab
She only wanted (only wanted) someone to play with (someone
Eb Bb
to play with) but all I wanted (all I wanted) was love
Eb
to stay.
#2.
Eb Ab Eb
The girl I love, she, up and left me, she ran away with
Bb
my best friend.
Eb Ab Eb
Comes home at night just for one hour, when daylight comes
Bb Eb
she's gone again.
CHORUS:
Eb Ab
Well, you can have her (you can have her) I don't want
Eb Bb
her (I don't want her) she didn't love me anyway (anyway.)
Eb Ab
She only wanted (only wanted) someone to play with (someone
Eb Bb
to play with) but all I wanted (all I wanted) was love
Eb
to stay.
#3.
Eb Ab Eb
Life without love is mighty empty, but confession's good
Bb
for the soul.
Eb Ab
I'd rather have love that I can cling to, than have the
Eb Bb Eb
world and all of it's gold.
CHORUS:
Eb Ab
(You can have her) you can have her (I don't want
Eb Bb
her) I don't want her (she didn't love me) anyway (anyway.)
Eb Ab
(She only wanted) she only wanted (someone to play with)
Eb Bb Eb
someone to play with (but all I wanted was love to stay.)
OUTRO:
Eb Ab
Well, you can have her (you can have her) I don't want
Eb Bb
her (I don't want her) she didn't love me anyway (anyway.)
Eb Ab
She only wanted (only wanted) someone to play with (someone
Eb Bb
to play with) but all I wanted (all I wanted) was love
Eb
to stay..(Fade.)
A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.
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