Biography:
The Marvelettes were an all-girl group who achieved popularity in the early to mid-1960s. They consisted of schoolmates Gladys Horton, Katherine Anderson (nee Schnaffer), Georgeanna Tillman (nee Gordon), Juanita Cowart (later Juanita Cowart Motley) and Georgia Dobbins, who was replaced by Wanda Young (nee Rogers) prior to the group signing their first deal. The group was the first major successful act of Motown Records after The Miracles and were
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Strange I Know:The Marvelettes.
#10 on R&B Charts and #49 on BB Hot 100
on TAMIA Records in 1962.
INTRO: C G E F..E Ab G
#1.
C Em7 Dm7
It's strange, I know......but that's the way
G Am7
it goes.
C Em7 Dm7 D
Leaving you this way......I'm sorry to say, that
C F C F G C
my love has faded, faded away..(faded away.)
#2.
C Am7
It happened while you were gone......you stayed
D Am7 D
away too long.
C Am
You didn't write or even call..I thought you
didn't care at all.
C Am7
I was sad as I could be, when fate brought this
fella to me.
C G C Am7
But, oh, how I tried to resist him (oh, how I
tried to resist him.)
C Am7
But my heart told me to keep him (but my heart told
me to keep him.)
#3.
C Em7 Dm7
It's strange, I know......but that's the way
G Am7
it goes.
C Em7 Dm7 D
Leaving you this way......I'm sorry to say.
C Am7 C
When you get home, I'll be gone..asked my papa for
Am7 C
your letter that I put aside. (ooooo)
Am7 C Am7
When you finish the letter, I'll be Eddie's bride.
OUTRO:
C Em7 Dm7
It's strange, I know..(it's strange I know)..but
G Am7 C
that's the way it goes..(that's the way it goes.)
C Em7 Dm7
Leaving you this way..(it's strange I know)..but
G Am7 C
that's the way it goes..(that's the way it goes.)
C Em7 Dm7
It's strange, I know..(it's strange I know)..but
G
that's the way, that's the way, that's the way,
C Em7 Dm7
that's the way it goes..oh, it's strange, I know..(Fade.)
A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.
#10 on R&B Charts and #49 on BB Hot 100
on TAMIA Records in 1962.
INTRO: C G E F..E Ab G
#1.
C Em7 Dm7
It's strange, I know......but that's the way
G Am7
it goes.
C Em7 Dm7 D
Leaving you this way......I'm sorry to say, that
C F C F G C
my love has faded, faded away..(faded away.)
#2.
C Am7
It happened while you were gone......you stayed
D Am7 D
away too long.
C Am
You didn't write or even call..I thought you
didn't care at all.
C Am7
I was sad as I could be, when fate brought this
fella to me.
C G C Am7
But, oh, how I tried to resist him (oh, how I
tried to resist him.)
C Am7
But my heart told me to keep him (but my heart told
me to keep him.)
#3.
C Em7 Dm7
It's strange, I know......but that's the way
G Am7
it goes.
C Em7 Dm7 D
Leaving you this way......I'm sorry to say.
C Am7 C
When you get home, I'll be gone..asked my papa for
Am7 C
your letter that I put aside. (ooooo)
Am7 C Am7
When you finish the letter, I'll be Eddie's bride.
OUTRO:
C Em7 Dm7
It's strange, I know..(it's strange I know)..but
G Am7 C
that's the way it goes..(that's the way it goes.)
C Em7 Dm7
Leaving you this way..(it's strange I know)..but
G Am7 C
that's the way it goes..(that's the way it goes.)
C Em7 Dm7
It's strange, I know..(it's strange I know)..but
G
that's the way, that's the way, that's the way,
C Em7 Dm7
that's the way it goes..oh, it's strange, I know..(Fade.)
A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.
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