Biography:
Smokie is an English pop rock band from Bradford who found success in Europe and the U.S. in the 70s. They formed in 1966 in Yorkshire, England and did some early records under the name "Smokey". The band broke into the mainstream after teaming up with songwriters Mike Chapman and Nicky Chinn, artists known for also working with Pat Benatar and Sweet among others. Smokie is perhaps best known for "Living Next Door to Alice", one of their top hits that was a U.K. top 5 single.
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Other songs:
- Don't Play Your Rock And Roll To Me
- Living Next Door To Alice
- Aint It Funny How It Works
- Babe Its Up To You
- Baby Its You
- Back To Bradford
- Belinda
- Boulevard Of Broken Dreams
- Changing All The Time
- Daydreamin
- Do To Me
- Dont Play Your Rock And Roll To Me
- Dont Play Your Rock N Roll To Me
- For A Few Dollars More
- Give It To Me
- Going Tomorrow
- Have You Ever Seen The Rain
- Hold On For The Night
- I Cant Stay Here Tonight
- I Feel Love
- If You Think You Know How To Love Me
- Ill Meet You At Midnight
- It Makes Me Money
- It Never Rains In Southern California
- Its Your Life
- Jet Lagged
- Julia
- Lay Back In The Arms Of Someone
- Little Lucy
- Little Town Flirt
- Looking Daggers
- Maybe I Just Dont Know
- Mexican Girl
- Mr Tambourine Man
- My Heart Is True
- Naked Love Baby Love Me
- Needles And Pins
- Now You Think You Know
- Number On My Wall
- Oh Carol
- Oh Well Oh Well
- Pass It Around
- Poor Lady Midnight Baby
- Rock Away Your Teardrops
- Romeo And Juliet
- Rose A Lee
- Run To Me
- Sallys Song
- San Francisco Bay
- Somethings Been Making Me Blue
- Stranger
- Sunshine Avenue
- Take Good Care Of My Baby
- Umbrella Day
- Were Flying High
- What Can I Do Acoustic
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Smokie - Oh Carol
So here it is, simple chords and patter, some tongue twisting lyrics and as a result
beautiful, worth of learning song.
As most of Smokie songs are, this one follows the 12-bar blues pattern,i might be
here not talking about a blues song,
but it's what I call it.
Starts with:
e|--------------|
B|--------------|
G|--------------|
D|--0--2--4--5--|
A|--------------|
E|--------------|
Played on bass.At the five you enter singing.
[Verse 1]
G
I was out cruisin', gettin' late and I was losin'
D
When I saw you walkin' my way
So nonchalant, I bet you get what you want
G
But so do I and I ain't losin' today
G
Well your hips were swingin' and your jeans were clingin'
D
You were driving me out of my mind
On a hot afternoon when there's nothin' to do
G
You're not the sort of thing a fellow should find
G
So I pulled on over, tossed your hair off your shoulder
D
As you turned and you looked my way
Oh you would have died or you'd have skinned me alive
G
If I'd have said what I wanted to say
G
So bein' polite said what you doin' tonight
D
You said it just so happens I'm free
You got all the right curves and all the right words
G G7
And that's alright by me
[Chorus]
C G
Oh Carol you got me eatin' my heart away,
G D
You got me countin' my nights and days
G G7
Oh I'm floatin' on the milky way-ay-ay-ay,
C G
Oh Carol, nobody's done it before
D
Oh baby you've opened the door,
D G
Oh Carol you can do it some more
[Verse 2]
G
Well if you're ready for this when we started to kiss
D
She said hold on a minute or two
Well naturally I knew it couldn't be me
G
I said baby what's troublin' you
G
She said I'm not sixteen if you know what I mean
D
So we sat and we talked for a while
But when we finally kissed you know she didn't resist
G
And I must say she did it with style
[Chorus]
C G
Oh Carol you got me eatin' my heart away,
G D
You got me countin' my nights and days
G G7
Oh I'm floatin' on the milky way-ay-ay-ay,
C G
Oh Carol, nobody's done it before
D
Oh baby you've opened the door,
D G
Oh Carol you can do it some more
[Solo ?hords]
Maybe a G7 if you want, then , the same as the verse:
G D G D G D
Then you go into the verse and play a more stacatto sound(this verse only):
[Verse 3]
G
Well I was out cruisin', gettin' late and I was losin'
D
When I saw you walking my way
So nonchalant, I bet you get what you want
G
But so do I and I ain't losin' today
[Chorus]
C G
Oh Carol you got me eatin' my heart away,
G D
You got me countin' my nights and days
G G7
Oh I'm floatin' on the milky way-ay-ay-ay,
C G
Oh Carol, nobody's done it before
D
Oh baby you've opened the door,
D G
Oh Carol you can do it some more
Have fun with it, I cerainly do.
I haven't got an electric guitar, okay only a bass one, but if you really want the solo
me an E-mail: [email protected]
So here it is, simple chords and patter, some tongue twisting lyrics and as a result
beautiful, worth of learning song.
As most of Smokie songs are, this one follows the 12-bar blues pattern,i might be
here not talking about a blues song,
but it's what I call it.
Starts with:
e|--------------|
B|--------------|
G|--------------|
D|--0--2--4--5--|
A|--------------|
E|--------------|
Played on bass.At the five you enter singing.
[Verse 1]
G
I was out cruisin', gettin' late and I was losin'
D
When I saw you walkin' my way
So nonchalant, I bet you get what you want
G
But so do I and I ain't losin' today
G
Well your hips were swingin' and your jeans were clingin'
D
You were driving me out of my mind
On a hot afternoon when there's nothin' to do
G
You're not the sort of thing a fellow should find
G
So I pulled on over, tossed your hair off your shoulder
D
As you turned and you looked my way
Oh you would have died or you'd have skinned me alive
G
If I'd have said what I wanted to say
G
So bein' polite said what you doin' tonight
D
You said it just so happens I'm free
You got all the right curves and all the right words
G G7
And that's alright by me
[Chorus]
C G
Oh Carol you got me eatin' my heart away,
G D
You got me countin' my nights and days
G G7
Oh I'm floatin' on the milky way-ay-ay-ay,
C G
Oh Carol, nobody's done it before
D
Oh baby you've opened the door,
D G
Oh Carol you can do it some more
[Verse 2]
G
Well if you're ready for this when we started to kiss
D
She said hold on a minute or two
Well naturally I knew it couldn't be me
G
I said baby what's troublin' you
G
She said I'm not sixteen if you know what I mean
D
So we sat and we talked for a while
But when we finally kissed you know she didn't resist
G
And I must say she did it with style
[Chorus]
C G
Oh Carol you got me eatin' my heart away,
G D
You got me countin' my nights and days
G G7
Oh I'm floatin' on the milky way-ay-ay-ay,
C G
Oh Carol, nobody's done it before
D
Oh baby you've opened the door,
D G
Oh Carol you can do it some more
[Solo ?hords]
Maybe a G7 if you want, then , the same as the verse:
G D G D G D
Then you go into the verse and play a more stacatto sound(this verse only):
[Verse 3]
G
Well I was out cruisin', gettin' late and I was losin'
D
When I saw you walking my way
So nonchalant, I bet you get what you want
G
But so do I and I ain't losin' today
[Chorus]
C G
Oh Carol you got me eatin' my heart away,
G D
You got me countin' my nights and days
G G7
Oh I'm floatin' on the milky way-ay-ay-ay,
C G
Oh Carol, nobody's done it before
D
Oh baby you've opened the door,
D G
Oh Carol you can do it some more
Have fun with it, I cerainly do.
I haven't got an electric guitar, okay only a bass one, but if you really want the solo
me an E-mail: [email protected]
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