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.
Four years of hard work!This month of May we celebrated four years on the air. We continue working on the dissemination of this wonderful instrument, thank you for participating in our story!
Dm /EF /GBb There's a cottage in the village in the country A7Dm /Eb I have learned to love Dm /EF And every night the curfew rings /GBbA7Dm And people sing their prayers to heaven above
CF6 In the cottage there lives a girl GBb Who's crying for she can see CF6 Soldiers marching away to war GBbA7 They're fighting to be free
Chorus: DA7G Maria Elena I'm going away to war FCGG7 I'm going to fight I may not be back again DA7G Maria Elena I love you forever more FCG Please say it's alright you'll stay by my side 'till dawn
I remember moonlit nights And dancing in the streets 'till break of day Yes I remember how it was No one would separate us come what may
Like a dream it dissolves away And morning will soon be here Revolution has come our way I'm warning you now dear