Biography:
Frankie Vaughan, CBE (3 February 1928-17 May 1999) was a singer of traditional pop music in the United Kingdom.
He was born Frank Abelson to a Jewish family in Liverpool, England. The name Vaughan came from a grandmother whose first grandson he was, who used to call Frank "my number one" grandson, in whose Russian accent "one" sounded like "Vaughan."
In his early life, he was a member of the Lancaster Lads Club, a member group of the National Association of Boys' Clubs in the UK
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Tower Of Strength:Frankie Vaughan.
#1 on UK Singles Chart on PHILIPS
Records in 1961.
INTRO: D Bm D Bm
#1.
A D Bm
If I were a tower of strength, I'd walk away,
Gbm A
I'd look in your eyes and here's what I'd say.
D Bm
I don't want you, I don't need you, I don't
D G Em7 D
love you any more..and I'd walk out the door.
CHORUS:
D
You'd be down on your knees, you'd be calling
B7
to me.
G A D
But a tower of strength is something I'll never be.
INTERLUDE: D Bm D Bm
#2.
A D Bm
If I were a tower of strength, I'd watch you cry,
Gbm A
I'd laugh at your tears and tell you goodbye.
D Bm D
I don't want you, I don't need you, I don't love
G Em7 D
you any more..and I'd walk out the door.
CHORUS:
D
You'd be down on your knees, you'd be calling
B7
to me.
G A D
But a tower of strength is something I'll never be.
INTERLUDE: D Bm Gbm A
BRIDGE:
D Bm D
No, I don't want you, I don't need you, I don't love
G Em7 D
you any more and I'd walk out the door.
CHORUS:
D
You'd be down on your knees, yeah, you'd be calling
B7
to me.
G A D
But a tower of strength is something I'll never be.
OUTRO:
G A D
Well, a tower of strength is something I'll never be.
A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.
#1 on UK Singles Chart on PHILIPS
Records in 1961.
INTRO: D Bm D Bm
#1.
A D Bm
If I were a tower of strength, I'd walk away,
Gbm A
I'd look in your eyes and here's what I'd say.
D Bm
I don't want you, I don't need you, I don't
D G Em7 D
love you any more..and I'd walk out the door.
CHORUS:
D
You'd be down on your knees, you'd be calling
B7
to me.
G A D
But a tower of strength is something I'll never be.
INTERLUDE: D Bm D Bm
#2.
A D Bm
If I were a tower of strength, I'd watch you cry,
Gbm A
I'd laugh at your tears and tell you goodbye.
D Bm D
I don't want you, I don't need you, I don't love
G Em7 D
you any more..and I'd walk out the door.
CHORUS:
D
You'd be down on your knees, you'd be calling
B7
to me.
G A D
But a tower of strength is something I'll never be.
INTERLUDE: D Bm Gbm A
BRIDGE:
D Bm D
No, I don't want you, I don't need you, I don't love
G Em7 D
you any more and I'd walk out the door.
CHORUS:
D
You'd be down on your knees, yeah, you'd be calling
B7
to me.
G A D
But a tower of strength is something I'll never be.
OUTRO:
G A D
Well, a tower of strength is something I'll never be.
A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.
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