Susie Darlin':Tommy Roe.
#37 in UK, #21 Canada and #35 BB Hot 100
on ABC Records in 1962.
(Roe didn't sing the full song. The original,
Robin Luke's version is the full lyrics and
a much better version, in my opinion.)
INTRO: A# F D# A#
#1.
A# Gm Gm9 Gm A# Gm
I stood a-watchin' all night long...I stood a-watchin' all
Gm9 Gm
night long..
A# Gm Gm7 F7 D
I stood a-watchin' till you went away..
D# A# F F7 A# A#+
You were a girl of many charms..oh, how I loved you in my arms.
D# A# F7 D# A#
I never thought that you would ever go, cause I loved you so.
CHORUS:
F D D# A#
Oh, oh, Susie darlin'....I thought you knew..
F D D# F A#
you were all the world to me....all my dreams come true.
#2.
A# Gm Gm9 Gm
Now I stand a-cryin' all night long..
A# Gm Gm9 Gm
I stand a-cryin' all night long..
A# Gm Gm7 F7 D
knowing that life has nothing left for me.
D# A# F F7 A# A#+
I'll wait around most patiently, hopin' you will return to me.
D# A# F7 D# A#
Till that happy day I will always be watchin' all night long.
CHORUS:
F D D# A#
Oh, oh, Susie darlin'....I thought you knew..
F D D# F A#
you were all the world to me....all my dreams come true.
F A# F
Oh, Susie darlin'..whoa-oh, Susie darlin'..(Fade.)
A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.