Biography:
The Rubettes were a Pop band from England assembled in 1973 by the songwriting team of Wayne Bickerton, the then head of A&R at Polydor Records, and his co-writer, Tony Waddington after their doo-wop and 1950s American pop-influenced songs had been rejected by a number of existing acts. The band emerged at the tail end of the glam rock movement, wearing trademark white suits and cloth caps on stage.
The line-up of the band was Alan Williams (born
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You're the Reason Why
The Rubettes
Sign of the Times 1976
C F
The things you say don't always hurt me
C Am
But things you do don't always make me cry
C E7 Am D
The things you do they don't always hurt me
F Bb C
But when they hurt me you're the reason why
The things you do are without reason
The things for me to do is let it lie
But when I lie the pain ain't easin'
You know the reason you're the reason why
Am Em
Sometimes I'm up sometimes I'm down
Fm C
Sometimes I don't know where I'm going anyway
Am Em
Sometimes I feel just like a clown
Fm
And I don't know where I'm going
Bb G
And I just don't know the way
The things you say don't always hurt me
But things you do don't always make me cry
The things you do they don't always hurt me
But when they hurt me you're the reason why
Sometimes I'm up...
|Am| |Am| |Em| |Em|
|Fm| |Fm| |C| |C|
Sometimes I feel just like a clown
And I know just where I'm going
And I just don't know the way
|Fm| |Fm| |G| |A|
D G
The things you say don't always hurt me
D Bm
But things you do don't always make me cry
D F#7 Bm E
The things you do they don't always hurt me
G C D
But when they hurt me you're the reason why
|D F#7| |Bm E| |G / C A| |D|
The Rubettes
Sign of the Times 1976
C F
The things you say don't always hurt me
C Am
But things you do don't always make me cry
C E7 Am D
The things you do they don't always hurt me
F Bb C
But when they hurt me you're the reason why
The things you do are without reason
The things for me to do is let it lie
But when I lie the pain ain't easin'
You know the reason you're the reason why
Am Em
Sometimes I'm up sometimes I'm down
Fm C
Sometimes I don't know where I'm going anyway
Am Em
Sometimes I feel just like a clown
Fm
And I don't know where I'm going
Bb G
And I just don't know the way
The things you say don't always hurt me
But things you do don't always make me cry
The things you do they don't always hurt me
But when they hurt me you're the reason why
Sometimes I'm up...
|Am| |Am| |Em| |Em|
|Fm| |Fm| |C| |C|
Sometimes I feel just like a clown
And I know just where I'm going
And I just don't know the way
|Fm| |Fm| |G| |A|
D G
The things you say don't always hurt me
D Bm
But things you do don't always make me cry
D F#7 Bm E
The things you do they don't always hurt me
G C D
But when they hurt me you're the reason why
|D F#7| |Bm E| |G / C A| |D|
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