Biography:
Billy Joe Royal (April 3, 1942 – October 6, 2015) was an American pop and country singer.
Born in Valdosta, Georgia, and raised in Marietta, Georgia, Royal became a local star at the Bamboo Ranch in Savannah in the 1950s and 1960s. He is best known for the 1965 US Top 10 pop hit "Down in the Boondocks", which, along with the singles "I Knew You When" (Top 20, 1965) and "Hush" (1967), were written and produced by Joe South. Another South composition, "Yo-Yo," just missed the top 40 in Canada and charted poorly in the U.
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Other songs:
- Boardwalk Angel
- Burn Like A Rocket
- Burned Like A Rocket
- Campfire Girls
- Cherry Hill Park
- Down In The Boondocks
- Everything Turned Blue
- Hearts Desire
- Hush
- I Knew You When
- I Miss You Already
- I Never Promised You A Rose Garden
- I've Got To Be Somebody
- If The Jukebox Took Teardrops
- Ill Pin A Note On Your Pillow
- It Keeps Right On A
- Love Has No Right
- Old Bridges
- Old Bridges Burn Slow
- She Dont Cry Like She Used To
- These Are Not My People
- Til I Cant Take It Anymore
- Under The Boardwalk
- Yo
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It Keeps Right On A-Hurtin'-Billy Joe Royal.
#17 on BB Hot Country on ATLANTIC Records
in 1987.
(Cover of Johnny Tillotson's sixties hit.)
INTRO: F Bb
#1.
Bb Eb
I cry myself to sleep each night, wishing I could
hold you tight.
Bb F
Life seems so empty since you went away.
Bb Eb
The pillow where you lay your head now holds my lonely
tears instead.
F Bb
And it keeps right on a-hurtin' since you've gone.
CHORUS:
F Eb
It keeps right on a-hurtin, every minute of the day.
F Eb Bb
Every hour you're away, I feel so lone-ly.
Bb Eb
Oh, I can't help it, I don't think I can go on.
F Bb
Yes, it keeps right on a-hurtin' since you've gone.
INTERLUDE: Bb Eb F Bb Eb Bb Cm
#2.
Bb Eb
They say a man should never cry, but when I see you
Bb
passing by, my heart breaks down and cries a million
F
tears.
Bb Eb
You broke my heart and set me free, but you forgot your
memory.
F Bb
And it keeps right on a-hurtin' since you've gone.
CHORUS:
F Eb
It keeps right on a-hurtin, every minute of the day.
F Eb Bb
Every hour you're away, I feel so lone-ly.
Bb Dm Eb
Oh, I can't help it, I don't think I can go on.
F Bb
And, it keeps right on a-hurtin' since you've gone.
OUTRO:
F
Yes, it keeps right on a-hurtin' since you've
Bb Eb Bb F Bb
gone.
A sixties/eighties smash from Kraziekhat.
#17 on BB Hot Country on ATLANTIC Records
in 1987.
(Cover of Johnny Tillotson's sixties hit.)
INTRO: F Bb
#1.
Bb Eb
I cry myself to sleep each night, wishing I could
hold you tight.
Bb F
Life seems so empty since you went away.
Bb Eb
The pillow where you lay your head now holds my lonely
tears instead.
F Bb
And it keeps right on a-hurtin' since you've gone.
CHORUS:
F Eb
It keeps right on a-hurtin, every minute of the day.
F Eb Bb
Every hour you're away, I feel so lone-ly.
Bb Eb
Oh, I can't help it, I don't think I can go on.
F Bb
Yes, it keeps right on a-hurtin' since you've gone.
INTERLUDE: Bb Eb F Bb Eb Bb Cm
#2.
Bb Eb
They say a man should never cry, but when I see you
Bb
passing by, my heart breaks down and cries a million
F
tears.
Bb Eb
You broke my heart and set me free, but you forgot your
memory.
F Bb
And it keeps right on a-hurtin' since you've gone.
CHORUS:
F Eb
It keeps right on a-hurtin, every minute of the day.
F Eb Bb
Every hour you're away, I feel so lone-ly.
Bb Dm Eb
Oh, I can't help it, I don't think I can go on.
F Bb
And, it keeps right on a-hurtin' since you've gone.
OUTRO:
F
Yes, it keeps right on a-hurtin' since you've
Bb Eb Bb F Bb
gone.
A sixties/eighties smash from Kraziekhat.
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