Biografía:
The Rockin' Berries were a beat group from Birmingham, England, formed in 1961.
Despite a brace of UK Top 10 hits in the mid 1960s, the Rockin' Berries could make no inroads on the lucrative U.S. market, even at the height of the so-called 'British Invasion'.
The Rockin' Berries were formed in the early 1960s, when guitarist Chuck Botfield was performing with the Bobcats, a Birmingham band, at the Star-Club in Hamburg. Several Bobcats bobbed off to
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The Water Is Over My Head:The Rockin' Berries.
#43 in UK on PICCADILLY Records in 1965.
INTRO: G C (x2)
#1.
G C G C
Well, I walked to the river just to ease my troubled mind.
G C G
And I thought about leavin' this cardboard world behind.
Bm Em C
My paperdoll princess has just blown out on the door..
A D
leavin' nothing more than me.
CHORUS:
C G F C G
And now the water is over my head and I keep on sinkin' like
F C
my soul was lead.
G Bm C G
And the world on my shoulders gettin' ready to crack..but I'm
C Bm Am D G C
in too deep and there ain't no turnin' back..no, no, no,
G C
turnin' back, no, no, no.
#2.
G C G C
Ah, the breeze in the trees just Whisperin' Louise today.
G C G
And you can take back your rib cause I'm really not made of clay.
Bm Em C A
My ice-cream dreams have just melted in the night..I'm not standing
D
here to fight the tide.
CHORUS:
C G F C G
And now the water is over my head and I keep on sinkin' like
F C
my soul was lead.
G Bm C G
And the world on my shoulders gettin' ready to crack..but I'm
C Bm Am D G C
in too deep and there ain't no turnin' back..no, no, no,
G C
turnin' back, no, no, no.
#3.
G C G C
Well, everybody's tellin' me that this is wrong and that ain't right.
G C G
But that can't be because I saw the sunshine last night.
Bm Em C
My crystal ball is blazin' but there's nothing there to see..oh, there's
A D
nothing left of me to see.
CHORUS:
C G F C G
And now the water is over my head and I keep on sinkin' like
F C
my soul was lead.
G Bm C G
And the world on my shoulders gettin' ready to crack..but I'm
C Bm Am D G C
in too deep and there ain't no turnin' back..no, no, no,
G C
turnin' back, no, no, no.
OUTRO: G C (x3) G
A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.
#43 in UK on PICCADILLY Records in 1965.
INTRO: G C (x2)
#1.
G C G C
Well, I walked to the river just to ease my troubled mind.
G C G
And I thought about leavin' this cardboard world behind.
Bm Em C
My paperdoll princess has just blown out on the door..
A D
leavin' nothing more than me.
CHORUS:
C G F C G
And now the water is over my head and I keep on sinkin' like
F C
my soul was lead.
G Bm C G
And the world on my shoulders gettin' ready to crack..but I'm
C Bm Am D G C
in too deep and there ain't no turnin' back..no, no, no,
G C
turnin' back, no, no, no.
#2.
G C G C
Ah, the breeze in the trees just Whisperin' Louise today.
G C G
And you can take back your rib cause I'm really not made of clay.
Bm Em C A
My ice-cream dreams have just melted in the night..I'm not standing
D
here to fight the tide.
CHORUS:
C G F C G
And now the water is over my head and I keep on sinkin' like
F C
my soul was lead.
G Bm C G
And the world on my shoulders gettin' ready to crack..but I'm
C Bm Am D G C
in too deep and there ain't no turnin' back..no, no, no,
G C
turnin' back, no, no, no.
#3.
G C G C
Well, everybody's tellin' me that this is wrong and that ain't right.
G C G
But that can't be because I saw the sunshine last night.
Bm Em C
My crystal ball is blazin' but there's nothing there to see..oh, there's
A D
nothing left of me to see.
CHORUS:
C G F C G
And now the water is over my head and I keep on sinkin' like
F C
my soul was lead.
G Bm C G
And the world on my shoulders gettin' ready to crack..but I'm
C Bm Am D G C
in too deep and there ain't no turnin' back..no, no, no,
G C
turnin' back, no, no, no.
OUTRO: G C (x3) G
A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.
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