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If I Didnt Have A Dime

Biography:

Gene Pitney (born Gene Francis Alan Pitney in Hartford, Connecticut, USA on 17 February 1940 - died 5 April 2006 (Cardiff, Wales). After a successful singing career spanning five decades, at the age of 66, he was found dead of natural causes, while in the middle of a sellout UK tour.

Pitney, a pop rock pioneer, had his greatest success overall in Britain, first travelling there after his first self penned hit in 1961. "I Wanna Love My Life Away" hit #26 on the UK singles chart & just broke into the top 40 in the US.

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If I Didn't Have A Dime

Intro: A D A D (fingerpicking)

A
If I didn't have a dime,and I didn't take the time
D
To play the juke box
A
Whoa-o-o Saturday night would have been a
E A
sad and lonely night for me

And if you weren't standing there
Ruby lips and golden hair, beside the juke box
Whoa-o-o I'd have lost my chance to
E A E A
Hold you while you danced with me,umm hum

E7
While the records turned and turned
A A7
We danced and learned, our hearts had yearned for this
E7
Neath the moon we walked and walked and
A E G# E7
talked of love, and then...we kiiiissed

Now with every sweet caress
Oh my darlin' have I blessed that little juke box
Whoa-o-o love songs that they sing
Wouldn't mean a single thing

Even though you're standing there
Ruby lips and golden hair
If I didn't have a dime and I didn't
Take the time...to play the juke box

(humming verse and fade)

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