Biography:
Three groups have recorded under the name "The Paragons".
1) The Paragons was an influential rocksteady band from Kingston, Jamaica, operating in the 1960s.
2) The Paragons was a doo wop group perhaps best known for their 1957 single Florence.
3.) Charlotte, NC, '60s garage band. "I saw Abba late last night."
1) If you're familiar with the song "The Tide Is High" you probably know it as a huge hit for Blondie, but before Deborah Harry and company got a hold of it, it was a 1960s hit in for the Paragons.
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The Tide Is High
The Paragons
1967 B-side to "Only A Smile"
Standard tuning
G C D
The tide is high but I'm holding on
G C D
I'm gonna be your number one
G
I'm not the kinda man
C D G C D
Who gives up just like that, oh no
G C D
It's not the things you do, that really hurts me bad
G C D
But it's the way you do the things you do to me
G C D G C D
I'm not the kinda man who gives up just like that, oh no
G C D
The tide is high but I'm holding on
G C D
I'm gonna be your number one
C D C D
Number one, number one
G C D
Every man wants you to be his girl
G C D
But I'll wait, my dear, 'til it's my turn
G C D G C D
I'm not the kinda man who gives up just like that, no
(Violin solo - Same chords, one letter = one bar)
G - G - C - D x 4
G C D
Every man wants you to be his girl
G C D
But I'll wait, my dear, 'til it's my turn
G C D G C D
I'm not the kinda man who gives up just like that, no
G C D
The tide is high but I'm holding on
G C D
I'm gonna be your number one
G C D
The tide is high but I'm holding on
G C D
I'm gonna be your number one
The Paragons
1967 B-side to "Only A Smile"
Standard tuning
G C D
The tide is high but I'm holding on
G C D
I'm gonna be your number one
G
I'm not the kinda man
C D G C D
Who gives up just like that, oh no
G C D
It's not the things you do, that really hurts me bad
G C D
But it's the way you do the things you do to me
G C D G C D
I'm not the kinda man who gives up just like that, oh no
G C D
The tide is high but I'm holding on
G C D
I'm gonna be your number one
C D C D
Number one, number one
G C D
Every man wants you to be his girl
G C D
But I'll wait, my dear, 'til it's my turn
G C D G C D
I'm not the kinda man who gives up just like that, no
(Violin solo - Same chords, one letter = one bar)
G - G - C - D x 4
G C D
Every man wants you to be his girl
G C D
But I'll wait, my dear, 'til it's my turn
G C D G C D
I'm not the kinda man who gives up just like that, no
G C D
The tide is high but I'm holding on
G C D
I'm gonna be your number one
G C D
The tide is high but I'm holding on
G C D
I'm gonna be your number one
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