Biografía:
Procedentes de Memphis, Tennessee, los Box Tops estaban originalmente formados por Alex Chilton (voz solista y guitarra), Bill Cunningham (bajo, teclados y coros), John Evans (guitarra, teclados y coros), Danny Smythe (batería) y Gary Talley (guitarra y coros).
En agosto de 1967 (en pleno “verano del amor”) editan su primer single “The Letter”, el cual alcanza el nº 1 en las listas de USA donde permanecerá durante 4 semanas y del cual se llegan a vender más de 4 millones de copias .
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¡Cuatro años de duro trabajo!Este mes de mayo cumplimos cuatro años al aire. Seguimos trabajando en la difusión de este maravilloso instrumento, ¡gracias por participar en nuestra historia!
You Keep Tightening Up On Me:The Box Tops.
#68 RPM CANADA, #74 CASH BOX and #92 on BB
Hot 100 on BELL Records in 1970.
INTRO: A D A
#1.
A D
I keep waitin', for you to do, something I
A
don't like.
A D
I keep waitin', but everything you do, you
A
do all right.
E A E
You give me love when I want you, you leave
A
me alone when I don't.
E A D
Somethin' says I ought to leave you, but somethin'
Bm
tells me I won't.
CHORUS:
E A D
Cause you keep tightening up on me, and I can't
Bm
break away.
E A D
Cause you keep tightening up on me, with a sweet
Bm
love every day.
C G D
It scares me just a little bit, knowin' I'll never
A E A
be free..woman, I'm at your mercy.
D E D E
Cause you keep tightening up, tightening up,
D E A
tightening up on me, yeah, ooh, yeah..la la la.
INTERLUDE: A D Dm A
#2.
A D
Your kind of love, makes it hard for a man to say
A
no to you.
A D A
One look at me and I know I've got to go to you.
E A D E A
Even when I'm lookin' away, in my mind I can see you.
E A D
I ain't sure that I love you, baby, but I know that
Bm
I need you.
CHORUS:
E A D
Cause you keep tightening up on me, and I can't
Bm
break away.
E A D
Cause you keep tightening up on me, with a sweet
Bm
love every day.
C G D
It scares me just a little bit, knowin' I'll never
A E A
be free..woman, I'm at your mercy.
D E D E
Cause you keep tightening up, tightening up,
D E A
tightening up on me, yeah, ooh, yeah..la la la.
INTERLUDE: A D Dm A
OUTRO:
E A D Bm
You keep tightening up on me..I can't break away.
E A
But you keep tightening up on me..(Fade.)
A seventies smash from Kraziekhat.
#68 RPM CANADA, #74 CASH BOX and #92 on BB
Hot 100 on BELL Records in 1970.
INTRO: A D A
#1.
A D
I keep waitin', for you to do, something I
A
don't like.
A D
I keep waitin', but everything you do, you
A
do all right.
E A E
You give me love when I want you, you leave
A
me alone when I don't.
E A D
Somethin' says I ought to leave you, but somethin'
Bm
tells me I won't.
CHORUS:
E A D
Cause you keep tightening up on me, and I can't
Bm
break away.
E A D
Cause you keep tightening up on me, with a sweet
Bm
love every day.
C G D
It scares me just a little bit, knowin' I'll never
A E A
be free..woman, I'm at your mercy.
D E D E
Cause you keep tightening up, tightening up,
D E A
tightening up on me, yeah, ooh, yeah..la la la.
INTERLUDE: A D Dm A
#2.
A D
Your kind of love, makes it hard for a man to say
A
no to you.
A D A
One look at me and I know I've got to go to you.
E A D E A
Even when I'm lookin' away, in my mind I can see you.
E A D
I ain't sure that I love you, baby, but I know that
Bm
I need you.
CHORUS:
E A D
Cause you keep tightening up on me, and I can't
Bm
break away.
E A D
Cause you keep tightening up on me, with a sweet
Bm
love every day.
C G D
It scares me just a little bit, knowin' I'll never
A E A
be free..woman, I'm at your mercy.
D E D E
Cause you keep tightening up, tightening up,
D E A
tightening up on me, yeah, ooh, yeah..la la la.
INTERLUDE: A D Dm A
OUTRO:
E A D Bm
You keep tightening up on me..I can't break away.
E A
But you keep tightening up on me..(Fade.)
A seventies smash from Kraziekhat.
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