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Speak To Me Pretty

Biography:

Brenda Lee, née Brenda Mae Tarpley (born December 11, 1944 in Atlanta, Georgia), is an American country-pop singer, who was popular during the 1950s and 1960s. In the 1960s she had more charted hits than any other woman, and only three male singers/groups (Elvis Presley, Ray Charles and The Beatles) outpaced her. She was one of the earliest pop stars to have a major contemporary international following.

She was given the nickname Little Miss Dynamite

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Speak to me pretty - Brenda Lee
Composers: Dunham, Vars

Released as single in the UK, it reached #3 in 1962

Key:Ab
Capo I
Chorus in ()

Intro:

G Edim7
(Oooh ooh)
G Edim7 G
(Oooh ooh)

G Edim7 G
Speak to me pretty, ah speak to me nice
G E7 A7 D7
Quote me those wonderful phrases, once or twice
G Edim7 G
Speak to me softly, speak to me sweet
G E7 A7 D7 G
Make like a fabulous poet each time we meet

C C#dim7 D6
Words are like rainbows, bright as the stars
D6 Am7 A7 D7
Ah they're always with you, ah where ever you are
D7
They'll follow
G Edim7 G
Speak to me softly and if you do
G E7 Am
My heart will happily follow you
C C#dim7
Speak to me pretty, speak to me sweet,
C#dim7 G E7
Whoa words can knock me off my feet
A7 D7 G
Speak to me, speak to me

Instrumental:

G Edim7
G E7 A7 D7
G Edim7
G E7 A7 D7 G

G
I say that
C C#dim7 D6
Words are like rainbows, bright as the stars
Am7 A7 D7
Ah they're always with you, ah where ever you are
D7
They'll follow
G Edim7 G
Speak to me softly and if you do
G E7 Am
My heart will happily follow you
C C#dim7
Speak to me pretty, speak to me sweet,
G E7
Whoa words can knock me off my feet
A7 Am7
Speak to me, speak to me
G Edim7 Eb6 G
Speak to-oooo-oo me