Biography:
South had several hits in the late 1960s and early 1970s with songs such as "Don't It Make You Wanna Go Home" and "Walk a Mile in My Shoes". His biggest and most remembered single was "Games People Play" (1968), a Top 10 hit on both sides of the Atlantic. It won the Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Song, the Grammy Award for Song of the Year, and which bears a striking resemblance to the children's gospel song, "I Don't Want to Be a Pharisee". It was featured on his first album, Introspect.
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I'm Snowed:Joe South.
On NRC Records in 1958.
(Great Rockabilly.)
[Intro]
Bb F
[Verse 1]
Bb
Oh-oh, well, my heart started beatin', I'm
a-need you, got a funny, funny feeling, better
Eb
look out cause I have some people warned with
Bb
my bullhorn, yelling more, more, more, I'm in
F Eb Bb
love..can't help it, I'm snowed, oh, yeah.
[Chorus]
F Eb
Oh, it's a real pretty feeling that I know I'll
Bb
never, never try to hide, oh, yeah.
Eb
It's got my head in a tizzy and I'm all mixed
Bb
up inside, oh, yeah.
Eb
Well, I can't overlook you no matter how hard
Bb
I try, oh, yeah.
[Bridge]
F C
Because, I jump up and down, act real silly,
F
and my heart's beating rhythm and blues.
[Verse 2]
Bb
And it's a-real gone, it's a real pretty deal.
And now I'm real cool, yes, that's the way I feel,
Eb
you know that I feel, oh, c'mon little girl, I
Bb F
know her and my heart's in a whirl, I'm in love,
Eb Bb F
can't help it, I'm snowed, oh, yeah, yeah!
[Interlude]
Bb Eb Bb F Bb
[Chorus]
F Eb
Oh, it's a real pretty feeling that I know I'll
Bb
never, never try to hide, oh, yeah.
Eb
It's got my head in a tizzy and I'm all mixed
Bb
up inside, oh, yeah.
Eb
Well, I can't overlook you no matter how hard
Bb
I try, oh, yeah.
[Bridge]
F C
Because, I jump up and down, act real silly,
F
and my heart's beating rhythm and blues.
[Verse 3]
Bb
And it's a-real gone, it's a real pretty deal.
And now I'm real cool, yes, that's the way I feel,
Eb
you know that I feel, oh, c'mon little girl, I
Bb F
know her and my heart's in a whirl, I'm in love,
Eb Bb
can't help it, I'm snowed, oh, yeah.
[Outro]
F Eb
Don't you know I'm in love, can't help it,
Bb
I'm snowed, uh huh.
F Eb
Well, well, well, I'm in love, can't help it,
Bb
I'm snowed, oh, oh..(Fade.)
A fifties smash from Kraziekhat.
On NRC Records in 1958.
(Great Rockabilly.)
[Intro]
Bb F
[Verse 1]
Bb
Oh-oh, well, my heart started beatin', I'm
a-need you, got a funny, funny feeling, better
Eb
look out cause I have some people warned with
Bb
my bullhorn, yelling more, more, more, I'm in
F Eb Bb
love..can't help it, I'm snowed, oh, yeah.
[Chorus]
F Eb
Oh, it's a real pretty feeling that I know I'll
Bb
never, never try to hide, oh, yeah.
Eb
It's got my head in a tizzy and I'm all mixed
Bb
up inside, oh, yeah.
Eb
Well, I can't overlook you no matter how hard
Bb
I try, oh, yeah.
[Bridge]
F C
Because, I jump up and down, act real silly,
F
and my heart's beating rhythm and blues.
[Verse 2]
Bb
And it's a-real gone, it's a real pretty deal.
And now I'm real cool, yes, that's the way I feel,
Eb
you know that I feel, oh, c'mon little girl, I
Bb F
know her and my heart's in a whirl, I'm in love,
Eb Bb F
can't help it, I'm snowed, oh, yeah, yeah!
[Interlude]
Bb Eb Bb F Bb
[Chorus]
F Eb
Oh, it's a real pretty feeling that I know I'll
Bb
never, never try to hide, oh, yeah.
Eb
It's got my head in a tizzy and I'm all mixed
Bb
up inside, oh, yeah.
Eb
Well, I can't overlook you no matter how hard
Bb
I try, oh, yeah.
[Bridge]
F C
Because, I jump up and down, act real silly,
F
and my heart's beating rhythm and blues.
[Verse 3]
Bb
And it's a-real gone, it's a real pretty deal.
And now I'm real cool, yes, that's the way I feel,
Eb
you know that I feel, oh, c'mon little girl, I
Bb F
know her and my heart's in a whirl, I'm in love,
Eb Bb
can't help it, I'm snowed, oh, yeah.
[Outro]
F Eb
Don't you know I'm in love, can't help it,
Bb
I'm snowed, uh huh.
F Eb
Well, well, well, I'm in love, can't help it,
Bb
I'm snowed, oh, oh..(Fade.)
A fifties smash from Kraziekhat.
