Biography:
Smokie is an English pop rock band from Bradford who found success in Europe and the U.S. in the 70s. They formed in 1966 in Yorkshire, England and did some early records under the name "Smokey". The band broke into the mainstream after teaming up with songwriters Mike Chapman and Nicky Chinn, artists known for also working with Pat Benatar and Sweet among others. Smokie is perhaps best known for "Living Next Door to Alice", one of their top hits that was a U.K. top 5 single.
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Other songs:
- Don't Play Your Rock And Roll To Me
- Living Next Door To Alice
- Aint It Funny How It Works
- Babe Its Up To You
- Baby Its You
- Back To Bradford
- Belinda
- Boulevard Of Broken Dreams
- Changing All The Time
- Daydreamin
- Do To Me
- Dont Play Your Rock And Roll To Me
- Dont Play Your Rock N Roll To Me
- For A Few Dollars More
- Give It To Me
- Going Tomorrow
- Have You Ever Seen The Rain
- Hold On For The Night
- I Cant Stay Here Tonight
- I Feel Love
- If You Think You Know How To Love Me
- Ill Meet You At Midnight
- It Makes Me Money
- It Never Rains In Southern California
- Its Your Life
- Jet Lagged
- Julia
- Lay Back In The Arms Of Someone
- Little Lucy
- Little Town Flirt
- Looking Daggers
- Maybe I Just Dont Know
- Mexican Girl
- Mr Tambourine Man
- My Heart Is True
- Naked Love Baby Love Me
- Needles And Pins
- Now You Think You Know
- Number On My Wall
- Oh Carol
- Oh Well Oh Well
- Pass It Around
- Poor Lady Midnight Baby
- Rock Away Your Teardrops
- Romeo And Juliet
- Rose A Lee
- Run To Me
- Sallys Song
- San Francisco Bay
- Somethings Been Making Me Blue
- Stranger
- Sunshine Avenue
- Take Good Care Of My Baby
- Umbrella Day
- Were Flying High
- What Can I Do Acoustic
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Music & lyrics: Chris Norman, Pete Spencer.
Album: «Greatest Hits Volume 2(1980)»
[INTRO]
D Cadd9 x2
[VERSE 1]
D5 F#
In the night, lonely lonely night
Hm
You wonder were your dreams are
D7
gone
G Gm
If you find nothing in your mind to
D5 A
help you carry on
D5 F#
Write and read, your only company
Hm
When you can't find a friend
Em
I'll kept holding on forever
G
'Cause I'm living for the day when
A
you come back again, so darling
[REFRAIN]
D5 F#
Run to me and I'll pretend
Hm D7
A love like ours should never end
G Gm
And you should know, I'll never let
D A
you down, whenever you're in trouble
D5 F#
You can run to me, forget your pride
Hm D7
My broken heart, I'll try to hide
G Gm D
So if you need my love and sympathy
A
You run to me
[BREAK]
D5 F# Hm D7 G Gm D5 A
[VERSE 2]
D5 F#
Should it be, you lose your destiny
Hm D7
There's no one there to comfort you
G Gm D5 A
And in the end find you need a friend to tell your troubles to
D5 F#
Is it right to sit here every night
Hm D7
And think how it used to be
G
Live some days you should remember
Gm D5
And you wish you could come back, come running home to me
A
Oh, darling
[REFRAIN]
D5 F#
Run to me and I'll pretend
Hm D7
A love like ours should never end
G Gm
And you should know, I'll never let
D A
you down, whenever you're in trouble
D5 F#
You can run to me, forget your pride
Hm D7
My broken heart, I'll try to hide
G Gm D
So if you need my love and sympathy
D5
You run to me
Cadd9 G D5
You run to me, run to me.
[BREAK]
D5 F# Hm D7 G Gm D5 A
Album: «Greatest Hits Volume 2(1980)»
[INTRO]
D Cadd9 x2
[VERSE 1]
D5 F#
In the night, lonely lonely night
Hm
You wonder were your dreams are
D7
gone
G Gm
If you find nothing in your mind to
D5 A
help you carry on
D5 F#
Write and read, your only company
Hm
When you can't find a friend
Em
I'll kept holding on forever
G
'Cause I'm living for the day when
A
you come back again, so darling
[REFRAIN]
D5 F#
Run to me and I'll pretend
Hm D7
A love like ours should never end
G Gm
And you should know, I'll never let
D A
you down, whenever you're in trouble
D5 F#
You can run to me, forget your pride
Hm D7
My broken heart, I'll try to hide
G Gm D
So if you need my love and sympathy
A
You run to me
[BREAK]
D5 F# Hm D7 G Gm D5 A
[VERSE 2]
D5 F#
Should it be, you lose your destiny
Hm D7
There's no one there to comfort you
G Gm D5 A
And in the end find you need a friend to tell your troubles to
D5 F#
Is it right to sit here every night
Hm D7
And think how it used to be
G
Live some days you should remember
Gm D5
And you wish you could come back, come running home to me
A
Oh, darling
[REFRAIN]
D5 F#
Run to me and I'll pretend
Hm D7
A love like ours should never end
G Gm
And you should know, I'll never let
D A
you down, whenever you're in trouble
D5 F#
You can run to me, forget your pride
Hm D7
My broken heart, I'll try to hide
G Gm D
So if you need my love and sympathy
D5
You run to me
Cadd9 G D5
You run to me, run to me.
[BREAK]
D5 F# Hm D7 G Gm D5 A
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