Gene Pitney (born Gene Francis Alan Pitney in Hartford, Connecticut, USA on 17 February 1940 - died 5 April 2006 (Cardiff, Wales). After a successful singing career spanning five decades, at the age of 66, he was found dead of natural causes, while in the middle of a sellout UK tour.
Pitney, a pop rock pioneer, had his greatest success overall in Britain, first travelling there after his first self penned hit in 1961. "I Wanna Love My Life Away" hit #26 on the UK singles chart & just broke into the top 40 in the US.
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D#C# I've tried so hard to make you see D#Bb That I'd be what you want me to be CmGm7 But no matter what I do CmGm7 I just can't get through to you G#6D# You don't want to love me G#6F Or are you tired of me? Ohh
Chorus: BbD#C7F Take my heart that's all I've got to give D#C7F If you don't want me I don't want to live GmD#F# Don't run away to somebody new BbD#BbD# Nobody needs your love more than I do Nobody needs your love more than I do
Why can't it be like before? Don't you need me anymore? Why do I go on this way? You don't hear a word I say If you care about me Please don't leave without me Ohh
Chorus (except last two lines): And baby please don't say that we're through Nobody needs your love more than I do (repeat while fading)