Billy Fury – Like I've Never Been Gone
Songwriters: Hampton, Monte
Label: Decca
Original Key: G
Reached #3 in UK in 1963
Intro:
G
#1:
G B7 Em
Don't give your love to someone while I'm away,
Em G G7
I want you to think about me each night and day,
G7 C D G Em
And when I come on home after being gone so long,
C D G C D
I want it to be like I've never been gone.
#2:
G B7 Em
I'll feel your tender kisses before I go to sleep,
Em G G7
I'll feel your arms around me, just promise me,
G7 C D G Em
You'll keep all your love and your kisses until I come home,
C D G
And then it will be like I've never been gone,
Bridge:
D Bm
I don't ask much of you, do what you want to do,
A7 D7 Eb7
But, don't make me be a fool for loving you-ooo-ooo.
#3:
Ab C7 Fm
I'll feel you tender kisses before I go to sleep,
Fm Ab Ab7
I'll feel your arms around me, just promise me,
Ab7 Db Eb Ab Fm
You'll keep all your love and your kisses until I come home,
Db Eb Ab Fm
And then it will be like I've never been gone.
Fm Db Ab
Can't you hear me, like I've never been gone.