Biografía:
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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Otras canciones:
- 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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I've Got To Be Somebody:Billy Joe Royal.
#15 on CANADIAN RPM and #38 on BB Hot
100 on COLUMBIA Records in 1966.
INTRO: C F C F C F C F
#1.
C F C F
I never had any reason, for ambition or drive.
C F
In fact, I never had anybody that cared if I'm
C F
alive.
C E
But then one day she came my way and I heard a
F
voice within me say don't let her get away..
Fm
whatever you do.
C F C
But I never thought that this could be..that she
F Dm
would ever look at me, seriously.
CHORUS:
G C Am
And that's why (oh, Lord, oh, Lord) I gotta be somebody.
F
I'm down on my knees..begging please, please, please,
G
please.
Am
I've got to win her love for me.
INTERLUDE: F Dm C F
#2.
C F C F
I grew up on the sidewalks, got along the best I could.
C F C F
Mama worked all day long, and Papa was no good.
C E
I've never asked for much before but here I am at Heaven's
F Fm
door..so, help me, please, don't let her pass me by.
C F Cm C
Cause I would rather die, than see, her love turn into
F Dm G
sympathy for me.
CHORUS:
G C Am
And that's why (oh, Lord, oh, Lord) I gotta be somebody.
F
I'm down on my knees..begging please, please, please,
G
please.
Am E Dm C
I've got to win her love for me.
BRIDGE:
F C F
Mmmmm-mmmm-mmm..gotta be somebody.
C F
Got to be somebody.
C F
So tired of being a nobody.
OUTRO:
C Am
Oh, Lord, Lord, Lord, I gotta be somebody.
F
I'm down on my knees..begging please, please, please,
G
please..(Fade.)
A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.
#15 on CANADIAN RPM and #38 on BB Hot
100 on COLUMBIA Records in 1966.
INTRO: C F C F C F C F
#1.
C F C F
I never had any reason, for ambition or drive.
C F
In fact, I never had anybody that cared if I'm
C F
alive.
C E
But then one day she came my way and I heard a
F
voice within me say don't let her get away..
Fm
whatever you do.
C F C
But I never thought that this could be..that she
F Dm
would ever look at me, seriously.
CHORUS:
G C Am
And that's why (oh, Lord, oh, Lord) I gotta be somebody.
F
I'm down on my knees..begging please, please, please,
G
please.
Am
I've got to win her love for me.
INTERLUDE: F Dm C F
#2.
C F C F
I grew up on the sidewalks, got along the best I could.
C F C F
Mama worked all day long, and Papa was no good.
C E
I've never asked for much before but here I am at Heaven's
F Fm
door..so, help me, please, don't let her pass me by.
C F Cm C
Cause I would rather die, than see, her love turn into
F Dm G
sympathy for me.
CHORUS:
G C Am
And that's why (oh, Lord, oh, Lord) I gotta be somebody.
F
I'm down on my knees..begging please, please, please,
G
please.
Am E Dm C
I've got to win her love for me.
BRIDGE:
F C F
Mmmmm-mmmm-mmm..gotta be somebody.
C F
Got to be somebody.
C F
So tired of being a nobody.
OUTRO:
C Am
Oh, Lord, Lord, Lord, I gotta be somebody.
F
I'm down on my knees..begging please, please, please,
G
please..(Fade.)
A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.
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