Biography:
The Duprees are a doo-wop group which had a series of hits during the early 1960s.
The group was founded in the early 1960s in Jersey City, New Jersey, USA by Michael Arnone, Joe Santollo, John Salvato, Tom Bialoglow, and lead singer Joey Canzano (later known as Joey Vann). George Paxton, a former big band leader was impressed by the group's style and signed them to his Coed Records label. Their first single "You Belong to Me" had previously been a hit for Jo Stafford in 1952.
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I couldn't find any tabs over the Internet so I decided to tab this song myself.
Take me as I am
The Duprees
Intro : G#
C#
Yes, it's you
C#+
Yes, it's you
F# F#m
And I will always love you
C# F# G# C#
So if you want.. want me take me as I am
C# C#7
Here I stand just a plain and simple Joe
F# F#m
I'm not perfect nor do I claim to be so
C# F# G# C#
So if you want.. want me take me as I am
C# C#7
I'm not a genius nor do I want to be
F# F#m
I'm not perfect as you can plainly see
C# F# G# C#
C#
So if you want.. want me take me as I am
F# G# C# A#m
I know just how to treat you
F# G# C# C#7
And make you love me strong
F# F#m C# A#
I never loved anyone else
F# G#
And you taught me right from wrong
C#
Yes, it's you
C#+
Yes, it's you
F# F#m
And I will always love you
C# F# G# C#
A#
So if you want.. want me you take me as I am
F# G#
You take me
C# F# C#
Take me as I am
I'm open for suggestions. I'm still a beginner ( i only play guitar for 8 months or so )
I could have made some errors.
I accidentaly found this song on youtube . You can listen to it here :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=171dg6StCyc&feature=related.
Here is the fingering for these chords:
A# => x13331
A#m => x13321
B => x24442
C# => x46664
C#7 => x46464
C#+ => xx7665
F# => 244322
F#m => 244222
G# => 466544
I think this would be quite hard for the begginers ( basicly, all the chords are barre
, which are not easy ) .
If you can't play these chords, you can try and play the whole song 4 notes down. For
the song starts
with a G# . Going down 4 notes from G# we find F . Similary, you play A instead of C#,
You'll still have barre
chords to play, but at least most of the chords are now open chords and the few
barre chords can be
easily substituted with easier versions. It's also a good opportunity for you to
those barre chords :)
You can write to me : [email protected]
Take me as I am
The Duprees
Intro : G#
C#
Yes, it's you
C#+
Yes, it's you
F# F#m
And I will always love you
C# F# G# C#
So if you want.. want me take me as I am
C# C#7
Here I stand just a plain and simple Joe
F# F#m
I'm not perfect nor do I claim to be so
C# F# G# C#
So if you want.. want me take me as I am
C# C#7
I'm not a genius nor do I want to be
F# F#m
I'm not perfect as you can plainly see
C# F# G# C#
C#
So if you want.. want me take me as I am
F# G# C# A#m
I know just how to treat you
F# G# C# C#7
And make you love me strong
F# F#m C# A#
I never loved anyone else
F# G#
And you taught me right from wrong
C#
Yes, it's you
C#+
Yes, it's you
F# F#m
And I will always love you
C# F# G# C#
A#
So if you want.. want me you take me as I am
F# G#
You take me
C# F# C#
Take me as I am
I'm open for suggestions. I'm still a beginner ( i only play guitar for 8 months or so )
I could have made some errors.
I accidentaly found this song on youtube . You can listen to it here :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=171dg6StCyc&feature=related.
Here is the fingering for these chords:
A# => x13331
A#m => x13321
B => x24442
C# => x46664
C#7 => x46464
C#+ => xx7665
F# => 244322
F#m => 244222
G# => 466544
I think this would be quite hard for the begginers ( basicly, all the chords are barre
, which are not easy ) .
If you can't play these chords, you can try and play the whole song 4 notes down. For
the song starts
with a G# . Going down 4 notes from G# we find F . Similary, you play A instead of C#,
You'll still have barre
chords to play, but at least most of the chords are now open chords and the few
barre chords can be
easily substituted with easier versions. It's also a good opportunity for you to
those barre chords :)
You can write to me : [email protected]
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