Don't Destroy Me:Billy 'Crash' Craddock.
#94 on BB Hot 100 on COLUMBIA Records
in 1959.
INTRO: G C
(woo-ooo-ooo..ooo-ooo-ooo)
#1.
C
You mean so much to me (much to me) I love
G
you, can't you see? (can't you see?)
F G F
You're cruel as cruel can be, so don't, don't
C
destroy me.
#2.
C
I gave my heart to you (heart to you) a foolish
G
thing to do (thing to do.)
F G
So, darling, please be true (ooo-ooo) oh, don't,
F C
don't destroy me..(ooo-ooo-ooo-ooo.)
CHORUS:
F C G
If you should leave me now, I'd say I'd forget
C
and forgive.
F C Am7 D
But I'll remember those vows, with a heartbreak as
G
long as I live.
#3.
C
So, hold my heart with care (heart with care) my
G
life and love are there (love are there.)
F G F
Please, give me yours to share.. oh, don't, don't
C
destroy me.
CHORUS:
F C G
If you should leave me now, I'd say I'd forget
C
and forgive.
F C Am7 D
But I'll remember those vows, with a heartbreak as
G
long as I live.
#4.
C
So, hold my heart with care (heart with care) my
G
life and love are there (love are there.)
F G F
Please, give me yours to share.. oh, don't, don't
C
destroy me.
OUTRO:
G F C G
Please, don't, don't destroy me..oh, ho-ho, don't,
F C
don't destroy me.
A fifties smash from Kraziekhat.