Blue Velvet:Johnny Tillotson.
Album - Talk Back Trembing Lips -
#48 on BB Hot 200 on ACE Records in
1964.***(A little different than Bobby
Vinton's version.)***
#1.
F Bb Dm Eb F
She wore blue velvet, bluer than velvet was
Bb
the night.
Gm7 Cm F Bb Db Bbm
Softer than satin was the light from the stars.
F Bb Dm Cm F
She wore blue velvet, bluer than velvet were
Bb
her eyes.
Eb F Fm Ab Bb
Warmer than May her tender sighs, love was ours.
BRIDGE:
Eb Ebm Gb Dm Bb
Ours the love I held tight-ly, feeling the rapture
Bb7
grow.
Eb Ebm Gb Dm Bbm
Like a flame burning bright-ly, but when she left,
Cm F
gone was the glow..
#2.
Bb Dm Cm F Bb Db
..Of blue velvet but in my heart there'll always be,
Eb Cm Eb F Ab Bb
precious and warm a memory through the years.
Eb Gm7 Cm F Bb Gb
And I still can see blue velvet through my tears.
#3.
Ebm B Ebm Dbm Gb
She wore blue velvet, but in my heart there'll always
B E Gb Ebm Gbm
be, precious and warm a memory through the years.
E Abm Gb Bm Gm Bbm B
And I still can see blue vel..vet through my tears.
OUTRO: Bm Dbm C B
A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.