Biography:
The First Edition (later known as Kenny Rogers and The First Edition) was a rock band, stalwart members being Kenny Rogers (vocals & bass guitar), Mickey Jones (drums & percussion) Terry Williams (guitar & vocals). The band formed in 1967, with noted folk musician Mike Settle (guitar, vocals & main songwriter) and the operatically trained Thelma Camacho completing the lineup.
The First Edition signed with Reprise Records and recorded the pop-psychedelic single "Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Was In)".
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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!
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!
But You Know I Love You:The First Edition.
#9 Canada A.C. and #19 on BB Hot 100 on
REPRISE Records in 1968.
INTRO: D C G D
#1.
D Bm D
When the morning sun, streaks across my room,
C Am G
and I'm wakin' up, from another dream of you.
G D
Yes, I'm on the road, once again it seems,
C D G
all I've left behind, is a chain of broken dreams.
CHORUS:
G D C
But you know I love you..yes, I love you, oh, I
G D
love you.
#2.
G D
How I wish that love, is all we need to live..
C G
what a life we'd live, cause I've got so much to
give.
G D
And it seems so wrong, deep inside my heart that
C G
the dollar sign could be keeping us apart..
CHORUS:
G D C
When you know I love you..yes, I love you..yes, I
G D
love youuu-ouu-ouuu.
BRIDGE:
D C G
And if only I could find, my way back to the time,
G7
when the problems of this life of mine had not yet
C
crossed our minds.
Dm7 Bb
All the answers just were found in children's nursery
G C F7 D7
rhymes..I'd come running back to you, I'd come running
G D
back to you.
#4.
G D
But you know we can't live on dreams alone.
C G
Just to pay the rent, I must leave you all alone.
G D
But you know I made my choice many years ago..
C G
now this traveling life is the only one I know.
CHORUS:
G D C
But you know I love you..yes, I love you, oh, I
G
love you.
OUTRO:
G D C
But you know I love you..yes, I love you, whoa, I
G
love you.
G D C
But you know I love you..yes, I love you, whoa, I
G
love you.
G D C
But you know I love you..yes, I love you, whoa, I
G
love you.
G D C
But you know I love you..yes, I love you, whoa, I
G
love you.
G D C
But you know I love you..yes, I love you, whoa, I
G
love you..(Fade.)
A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.
#9 Canada A.C. and #19 on BB Hot 100 on
REPRISE Records in 1968.
INTRO: D C G D
#1.
D Bm D
When the morning sun, streaks across my room,
C Am G
and I'm wakin' up, from another dream of you.
G D
Yes, I'm on the road, once again it seems,
C D G
all I've left behind, is a chain of broken dreams.
CHORUS:
G D C
But you know I love you..yes, I love you, oh, I
G D
love you.
#2.
G D
How I wish that love, is all we need to live..
C G
what a life we'd live, cause I've got so much to
give.
G D
And it seems so wrong, deep inside my heart that
C G
the dollar sign could be keeping us apart..
CHORUS:
G D C
When you know I love you..yes, I love you..yes, I
G D
love youuu-ouu-ouuu.
BRIDGE:
D C G
And if only I could find, my way back to the time,
G7
when the problems of this life of mine had not yet
C
crossed our minds.
Dm7 Bb
All the answers just were found in children's nursery
G C F7 D7
rhymes..I'd come running back to you, I'd come running
G D
back to you.
#4.
G D
But you know we can't live on dreams alone.
C G
Just to pay the rent, I must leave you all alone.
G D
But you know I made my choice many years ago..
C G
now this traveling life is the only one I know.
CHORUS:
G D C
But you know I love you..yes, I love you, oh, I
G
love you.
OUTRO:
G D C
But you know I love you..yes, I love you, whoa, I
G
love you.
G D C
But you know I love you..yes, I love you, whoa, I
G
love you.
G D C
But you know I love you..yes, I love you, whoa, I
G
love you.
G D C
But you know I love you..yes, I love you, whoa, I
G
love you.
G D C
But you know I love you..yes, I love you, whoa, I
G
love you..(Fade.)
A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.
