Biography:
The Gentrys were an American band of the 1960s and early 1970s best known for their 1965 hit "Keep on Dancing" (in 1971 also a #9 hit for the Bay City Rollers). Follow-up singles charted outside of the top 40: "Every Day I Have To Cry" (1966), "Spread It On Thick" (1966), "Cinnamon Girl" (1970), "Why Should I Cry" (1970), "Wild World" (1971), and a 'Bubbling Under' Billboard chart entry "Brown Paper Sack" (#101, 1966).
The seven-member group of Treadwell High School (Memphis
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Brown Paper Sack:The Gentrys.
#101 (Bubbling Under) on BB Hot 100 on
MGM Records in 1966.
INTRO: C#m A E A
CHORUS:
A E A E A E A E
Hey, you, girl.....you'd better not stay, girl.
A E A E A E A E
Hey, you, girl.....you'd better run away, girl.
#1.
C#m
You treated me so bad I might as well have been
E A E
a brown paper sack.
A
You cheated me, you lied to me, so, girl, don't
B Ebm E
try to come back..you know you rumpled all the sack.
CHORUS:
A E A E A E A E
Hey, you, girl.....you'd better not stay, girl.
A E A E A E A E
Hey, you, girl.....you're gonna get hurt, girl.
#2.
A C#m
I hope he breaks your heart for you in two the way
E A E
you broke my heart for me.
A
I hope he has you on your knees pleading with him
B Ebm E
asking him to see..but you said you wanna be free.
CHORUS:
A E A E A E A E
Hey, you, girl.....you'd better not stay, girl.
A E A E A E A E
Hey, you, girl.....you'd better run away, girl.
#3.
C#m
You treated me so bad I might as well have been
E A E
a brown paper sack.
OUTRO:
A E A E A E
Like a brown paper sack, girl.....like a brown paper sack,
A E A E A E
girl......like a brown paper sack, girl.....(Fade.)
A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.
#101 (Bubbling Under) on BB Hot 100 on
MGM Records in 1966.
INTRO: C#m A E A
CHORUS:
A E A E A E A E
Hey, you, girl.....you'd better not stay, girl.
A E A E A E A E
Hey, you, girl.....you'd better run away, girl.
#1.
C#m
You treated me so bad I might as well have been
E A E
a brown paper sack.
A
You cheated me, you lied to me, so, girl, don't
B Ebm E
try to come back..you know you rumpled all the sack.
CHORUS:
A E A E A E A E
Hey, you, girl.....you'd better not stay, girl.
A E A E A E A E
Hey, you, girl.....you're gonna get hurt, girl.
#2.
A C#m
I hope he breaks your heart for you in two the way
E A E
you broke my heart for me.
A
I hope he has you on your knees pleading with him
B Ebm E
asking him to see..but you said you wanna be free.
CHORUS:
A E A E A E A E
Hey, you, girl.....you'd better not stay, girl.
A E A E A E A E
Hey, you, girl.....you'd better run away, girl.
#3.
C#m
You treated me so bad I might as well have been
E A E
a brown paper sack.
OUTRO:
A E A E A E
Like a brown paper sack, girl.....like a brown paper sack,
A E A E A E
girl......like a brown paper sack, girl.....(Fade.)
A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.
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