Stupid Cupid:Neil Sedaka.
Released on RCA in Italy in 1959.
(Sedaka was co-writer..gave it to Connie Francis
who had a smash hit with it in 1958.)
PREAMBLE:SPOKEN:
B Gb B
I would like to express my thanks..I trusted you implicitly.
Abm7 E Gb
But what a double-crosser, you turned out to be.
INTRO:SAX: B
#1.
B
Stupid Cupid you're a real mean guy,
B7
I'd like to clip your wings, so you can't fly.
E
I'm in love and it's a cryin' shame,
B
and I know that you're the one to blame.
Gb E B Gb B
Hey, hey, set me free, Stupid Cupid stop pickin' on me.
#2.
B
I can't do my homework and I can't think straight,
B7
I meet her every mornin' 'bout a half past eight.
E
I'm actin' like a lovesick fool,
B
you even got me carryin' her books to school.
Gb E B Gb B
Hey, hey, set me free...Stupid Cupid stop pickin' on me.
CHORUS:
E B
You mixed me up but good, right from the start,
E Db Gb
hey, go play Robin Hood with somebody else's ha..ha
Gb7
heart..
#3.
B
You've got me jumpin' like a crazy clown,
B7
and I don't feature what you're puttin' down.
E
Well, since I kissed her lovin' lips of wine,
B
the thing that bothers me is, I like it fine.
Gb E B Gb B
Hey, hey, set me free...Stupid Cupid stop pickin' on me.
(INTERLUDE:SAX:) E B E Db Gb
#4.
B
You've got me jumpin' like a crazy clown,
B7
and I don't feature what you're puttin' down.
E
Since I kissed her lovin' lips of wine,
B
the thing that bothers me is, I like it fine.
Gb E B Gb B
Hey, hey, set me free...Stupid Cupid stop pickin' on me.
OUTRO:
Gb E B Gb B
Hey, Hey set me free, Stupid Cupid stop pickin' on me.
B E B...(Fade.)
A fifties smash from Kraziekhat.