Gene Pitney

If I Didn't Have A Dime

Gene Pitney


Tom: A

Intro:  A  D  A  D (fingerpicking) 
 
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If I didn't have a dime,and I didn't take the time 
            D 
To play the juke box 
         A                        
Whoa-o-o Saturday night would have been a 
E                        A 
sad and lonely night for me 
 
And if you weren't standing there  
Ruby lips and golden hair, beside the juke box 
Whoa-o-o I'd have lost my chance to  
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Hold you while you danced with me,umm hum 
 
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While the records turned and turned 
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We danced and learned, our hearts had yearned for this 
E7 
Neath the moon we walked and walked and 
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talked of love, and then...we kiiiissed  
 
Now with every sweet caress                 
Oh my darlin' have I blessed that little juke box 
Whoa-o-o love songs that they sing 
Wouldn't mean a single thing 
 
Even though you're standing there 
Ruby lips and golden hair 
If I didn't have a dime and I didn't 
Take the time...to play the juke box 
 
(humming verse and fade)