MUSICAL UNDERPINNINGS: "Inferno" by Dante Alighieri, the first book in the triad, "The Divine Comedy", written in the early 14th century.
ORIGINAL SONG: "I Only Want To Be With You", Hawker and Raymonde, as recorded by Dusty Springfield, 1964.
PARODY COMPOSED: Giorgio Coniglio, May, 2015. To return to the current post on "Daily Illustrated Nonsense" (and to see the lyrics without the chord-chart indications) click HERE.
BEA WANTS TO KEEP HER EYE ON YOU
(to the tune of "I Only Want to Be with You")
UKULELE-FRIENDLY FORMAT:
(Click on any chord-chart slide to advance to 'presentation/singalong' mode.)
The ukulele chord pattern is shown for the verses and for each 'chorus', although the lyrics change for each instance of the chorus-pattern.
Gm7 =0211; Abdim7=1212.
I [F] don't know what it is that makes me [Dm] love you so,
I [F] only know I never want to [Dm] let you go
'Cause [Bb] you started [C] something, oh [Gm7] can't you [C] see
That [F] ever since we met you've had a [Dm] hold on me
It [Gm7] hap[Am7]pens [Gm7] to [Abdim] be [C] true,
I [Gm7] only want to [C] be with [F] you [Bb], [C7]
UKULELE-FRIENDLY FORMAT:
(Click on any chord-chart slide to advance to 'presentation/singalong' mode.)
The ukulele chord pattern is shown for the verses and for each 'chorus', although the lyrics change for each instance of the chorus-pattern.
Gm7 =0211; Abdim7=1212.
INTRO: |chords for last 2 lines of verse|
Compare with the original.......
I [F] only know I never want to [Dm] let you go
'Cause [Bb] you started [C] something, oh [Gm7] can't you [C] see
That [F] ever since we met you've had a [Dm] hold on me
It [Gm7] hap[Am7]pens [Gm7] to [Abdim] be [C] true,
I [Gm7] only want to [C] be with [F] you [Bb], [C7]
chorus:
[C#] You stopped and smiled at me, and [F] asked me if I [Bb] cared to [F] dance,
[C] I fell into your open [Am] arms, and [Dm7] I didn't stand a [G7] chance,
Now listen honey….…
[C#] You stopped and smiled at me, and [F] asked me if I [Bb] cared to [F] dance,
[C] I fell into your open [Am] arms, and [Dm7] I didn't stand a [G7] chance,
Now listen honey….…
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