Biografia:
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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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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