Biography:
Burton Cummings; singer, pianist, songwriter was born in the Canadian city of Winnipeg on December 31st, 1947. He played with a band called the Deverons before joining The Guess Who as lead vocalist in 1965. After spending ten years with that band, he decided to pursue a solo career. His first self-titled album was released in 1976. The single, "Stand Tall," sold over a million copies. He has written and co-written many of The Guess Who's tracks, as well as his own singles.
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Other songs:
- A Song For Him
- A Touch Of Morning
- Above The Ground
- Any Minor Miracle
- Back Toward The Middle
- Bad News
- Blossom
- Boring Dreams
- Break It To Them Gently
- Burch Magic
- Cerebral World
- Charlemagne
- Combustion
- Crazy If You Mess With The Gods
- Creepin Peepin Baby Blues
- Dream
- Dream Of A Child
- Face Value
- Feels All Wrong
- Fine State Of Affairs
- Firefly
- Framed
- Free
- Gettin My Daddys Car
- Goodnight Everybody
- Guns Guns Guns
- Had To Be You
- Heal Me Music
- Heard It On The News
- Heart
- Heavenly Blue
- I Will Always Wait For You
- I Will Play A Rhapsody
- Im Scared
- Junior Wont Behave
- Love Dream
- My Own Way To Rock
- Not Too Appealing
- Nothin Wrong With The Road
- One And Only
- One Day Soon
- Permissible To Cry
- Real Good
- Revelation
- Save A Smile
- Shes Your Lover
- Someone To Lean On
- Something Old Something New
- Stand Tall
- Sugartime Flashback Joys
- Take One Away
- The Rocks Steady
- The Workaday
- Timeless Love
- Wakin Up Today
- Will You Show Me
- You Saved My Soul
- Your Backyard
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[Intro]
Am F G x2
[Verse 1]
Am Asus4 Am F G
Couldn't be a fancy dancin' girl and it couldn't be an also-ran
Am Asus4 Am F G
Couldn't be my mother cryin' softly after hearin' from my old man
Am Asus4 Am F G
Couldn't be the guitar player wailin' even though I really liked the band
Am
Had to be you
Am
Had to be you
[Verse 2]
Am Asus4 Am F G
Couldn't be the nights with the drinkin' crowd when it was too late to be too young
Am Asus4 Am F G
Couldn't be the nights with the early flights when every mornin' meant time to run
Am Asus4 Am F G
Old men just never talkin' about it, always sayin' I was much too young
Am
Had to be you
Am
Had to be you
[Chorus]
Dm Dm7 Am G
What you gonna do if you ever find out we're wrong
D7 A
Just come crashin' down like thunder
Dm Dm7 Am G
There's a danger sign that says we've had too much too long
D7 A
You go rollin' like a landslide
E
Lady Luck'll be cryin'
E7
And if I ain't dead you know I'm gonna be dyin'
[Verse 3]
Am Asus4 Am F G
Couldn't be the days with the guitar craze when I never knew right from wrong
Am Asus4 Am F G
Couldn't be my friend behind the bar who kept it open just a little too long
Am Asus4 Am F G
Like a hundred other magic moments darlin' when you're there to find another song
Am
Had to be you
Am
Had to be you
[Instrumental]
Am Asus4 Am F G x3
Am
[Chorus]
Dm Dm7 Am G
What you gonna do if you ever find out we're wrong
D7 A
Just come crashin' down like thunder
Dm Dm7 Am G
There's a danger sign that says we've had too much too long
D7 A
You go rollin' like a landslide
E
Lady Luck'll be cryin'
E7
And if I ain't dead you know I'm gonna be dyin'
[Verse 4]
Am Asus4 Am F G
Couldn't be the real-life movie night when I stole one teenage kiss
Am Asus4 Am F G
Couldn't even match stayin' out all night when the mornin' smelled just like this
Am Asus4 Am F G
Couldn't be somethin' that I'd forgotten because I can reminisce
Am
Had to be you
Am
Had to be you
[Verse 1]
Am Asus4 Am F G
Couldn't be a fancy dancin' girl and it couldn't be an also-ran
Am Asus4 Am F G
Couldn't be my mother cryin' softly after hearin' from my old man
Am Asus4 Am F G
Couldn't be the guitar player wailin' even though I really liked the band
Am
Had to be you
Am
Had to be you
Am
Had to be you
Am
Had to be you
Am
Nobody else would do
Am
Had to be you (Come on)
Am
Had to be you
[Instrumental]
Am Asus4 Am F G
Am F G x2
[Verse 1]
Am Asus4 Am F G
Couldn't be a fancy dancin' girl and it couldn't be an also-ran
Am Asus4 Am F G
Couldn't be my mother cryin' softly after hearin' from my old man
Am Asus4 Am F G
Couldn't be the guitar player wailin' even though I really liked the band
Am
Had to be you
Am
Had to be you
[Verse 2]
Am Asus4 Am F G
Couldn't be the nights with the drinkin' crowd when it was too late to be too young
Am Asus4 Am F G
Couldn't be the nights with the early flights when every mornin' meant time to run
Am Asus4 Am F G
Old men just never talkin' about it, always sayin' I was much too young
Am
Had to be you
Am
Had to be you
[Chorus]
Dm Dm7 Am G
What you gonna do if you ever find out we're wrong
D7 A
Just come crashin' down like thunder
Dm Dm7 Am G
There's a danger sign that says we've had too much too long
D7 A
You go rollin' like a landslide
E
Lady Luck'll be cryin'
E7
And if I ain't dead you know I'm gonna be dyin'
[Verse 3]
Am Asus4 Am F G
Couldn't be the days with the guitar craze when I never knew right from wrong
Am Asus4 Am F G
Couldn't be my friend behind the bar who kept it open just a little too long
Am Asus4 Am F G
Like a hundred other magic moments darlin' when you're there to find another song
Am
Had to be you
Am
Had to be you
[Instrumental]
Am Asus4 Am F G x3
Am
[Chorus]
Dm Dm7 Am G
What you gonna do if you ever find out we're wrong
D7 A
Just come crashin' down like thunder
Dm Dm7 Am G
There's a danger sign that says we've had too much too long
D7 A
You go rollin' like a landslide
E
Lady Luck'll be cryin'
E7
And if I ain't dead you know I'm gonna be dyin'
[Verse 4]
Am Asus4 Am F G
Couldn't be the real-life movie night when I stole one teenage kiss
Am Asus4 Am F G
Couldn't even match stayin' out all night when the mornin' smelled just like this
Am Asus4 Am F G
Couldn't be somethin' that I'd forgotten because I can reminisce
Am
Had to be you
Am
Had to be you
[Verse 1]
Am Asus4 Am F G
Couldn't be a fancy dancin' girl and it couldn't be an also-ran
Am Asus4 Am F G
Couldn't be my mother cryin' softly after hearin' from my old man
Am Asus4 Am F G
Couldn't be the guitar player wailin' even though I really liked the band
Am
Had to be you
Am
Had to be you
Am
Had to be you
Am
Had to be you
Am
Nobody else would do
Am
Had to be you (Come on)
Am
Had to be you
[Instrumental]
Am Asus4 Am F G
Bushman
Bushwalla
Business
Business Class
Business Socks
Busy Signal
Butch Charvet
Butch Hancock
Butcher Babies
Butcher Boy