Biography:
The Carpenters were an American vocal and instrumental duo consisting of siblings Karen and Richard Carpenter. With their light, airy melodies and meticulously crafted, clean arrangements, the duo stood in direct contrast with the excessive, gaudy pop/rock of the '70s; yet they became one of the most popular artists of the decade, scoring 12 Top Ten hits, including three number one singles.
Karen Carpenter's calm, often somber voice was the most distinctive element of their music
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Other songs:
- Close To You
- I Won't Last A Day Without You
- Merry Christmas, Darling
- The End Of The World
- Top Of The World
- Top Of The World X Just Falling In Love Again
- A Dream Is A Wish Your Heart Makes
- A Song For You
- All You Get From Love Is A Love Song
- Breaking Up Is Hard To Do
- Cant Smile Without You
- For All We Know
- Goodbye To Love
- Heather
- Help
- Home For The Holidays
- Hurting Each Other
- I Can Dream Cant I
- I Have You
- I Need To Be In Love
- I Wont Last A Day Without You
- Im Caught Between Goodbye And I Love You
- Kiss Me The Way You Did Last Night
- Looking For Love
- Love Me For What I Am
- Make Believe Its Your First Time
- Makin Love In The Afternoon
- Merry Christmas Darling
- Only Yesterday
- Please Mr Postman
- Rainy Days And Mondays
- Sandy
- Sing
- Solitaire
- Sometimes
- Superstar
- Sweet Sweet Smile
- The Rainbow Connection
- Theres A Kind Of Hush
- Those Good Old Dreams
- Weve Only Just Begun
- What Are You Doing New Years Eve
- Where Do I Go From Here
- Yesterday Once More
- You
- Youre The One
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[Verse]
Eb Fm7/Eb
After long enough of being alone
Bb/Eb
Everyone must face
Eb Bb/D Cm7
their share of loneliness
F7/A Bb
In my own time nobody knew
Gm Ab
The pain I was goin' through
Fm7 Bb4 Bb Bb7
And waitin' was all my heart could do
Eb F7/Eb
Hope was all I had until you came
Ddim/Eb
Maybe you can't see
Bb/Eb Eb Bb/D Cm
how much you mean to me
F7/A Bb
You were the dawn breaking the night
Gm7 Ab
The promise of morning light
F/A Bb
Filing the world surrounding me
When I hold you
[Bridge]
C#
Baby, Baby Feels like maybe
Fm
things will be all right
C# C#/B
Baby, Baby, your love's made me
Fm7/Bb Bb7
Free as a song singin' forever
[Chorus]
Eb Fm7
Only yesterday when I was sad
Bb7
And I was lonely
Eb Fm7
You showed me the way to leave the past
Bb G
And all its tears behind me
Cm C7sus4 - C7
Tomorrow may be even brighter than today
Fm Bb Ab/Eb
Since I threw my sadness away
Eb
Only yesterday
Eb Fm7/Eb
I have found my home here in your arms
Bb7/Eb
Nowhere else on earth
Eb Bb/D Cm
I'd really rather be
F7/A Bb
Life waits for us share it with me
EbM7/G Ab
The best is about to be
F/A Bb
And So much is left for us to see
[Bridge]
C#
Baby, Baby Feels like maybe
Fm
things will be all right
C# C#/B
Baby, Baby, your love's made me
Fm7/Bb Bb7
Free as a song singin' forever
[Chorus]
Eb Fm7
Only yesterday when I was sad
Bb7
And I was lonely
Eb Fm7
You showed me the way to leave the past
Bb G
And all its tears behind me
Cm C7sus4 - C7
Tomorrow may be even brighter than today
Fm Bb Ab/Eb
Since I threw my sadness away
Eb - B7
Only yesterday
[Chorus]
(A semitone up)
E F#m7
Only yesterday when I was sad
B7
And I was lonely
E F#m7
You showed me the way to leave the past
B7 G#
And all its tears behind me
C#m C#7sus4 - C#7
Tomorrow may be even brighter than today
F#m7 B7 A/E
Since I threw my sadness away
B E
Only yesterday
(Repeat while fading)
Eb Fm7/Eb
After long enough of being alone
Bb/Eb
Everyone must face
Eb Bb/D Cm7
their share of loneliness
F7/A Bb
In my own time nobody knew
Gm Ab
The pain I was goin' through
Fm7 Bb4 Bb Bb7
And waitin' was all my heart could do
Eb F7/Eb
Hope was all I had until you came
Ddim/Eb
Maybe you can't see
Bb/Eb Eb Bb/D Cm
how much you mean to me
F7/A Bb
You were the dawn breaking the night
Gm7 Ab
The promise of morning light
F/A Bb
Filing the world surrounding me
When I hold you
[Bridge]
C#
Baby, Baby Feels like maybe
Fm
things will be all right
C# C#/B
Baby, Baby, your love's made me
Fm7/Bb Bb7
Free as a song singin' forever
[Chorus]
Eb Fm7
Only yesterday when I was sad
Bb7
And I was lonely
Eb Fm7
You showed me the way to leave the past
Bb G
And all its tears behind me
Cm C7sus4 - C7
Tomorrow may be even brighter than today
Fm Bb Ab/Eb
Since I threw my sadness away
Eb
Only yesterday
Eb Fm7/Eb
I have found my home here in your arms
Bb7/Eb
Nowhere else on earth
Eb Bb/D Cm
I'd really rather be
F7/A Bb
Life waits for us share it with me
EbM7/G Ab
The best is about to be
F/A Bb
And So much is left for us to see
[Bridge]
C#
Baby, Baby Feels like maybe
Fm
things will be all right
C# C#/B
Baby, Baby, your love's made me
Fm7/Bb Bb7
Free as a song singin' forever
[Chorus]
Eb Fm7
Only yesterday when I was sad
Bb7
And I was lonely
Eb Fm7
You showed me the way to leave the past
Bb G
And all its tears behind me
Cm C7sus4 - C7
Tomorrow may be even brighter than today
Fm Bb Ab/Eb
Since I threw my sadness away
Eb - B7
Only yesterday
[Chorus]
(A semitone up)
E F#m7
Only yesterday when I was sad
B7
And I was lonely
E F#m7
You showed me the way to leave the past
B7 G#
And all its tears behind me
C#m C#7sus4 - C#7
Tomorrow may be even brighter than today
F#m7 B7 A/E
Since I threw my sadness away
B E
Only yesterday
(Repeat while fading)
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