«She’d Rather Be With Me»
(Gary Bonner — Alan Gordon)
Intro (rhythm guitar in eighth notes; slide into chords):
F# C# F# F# [arpeggiate xx4322]
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Verse 1:
B C#
Some girls love to run around
E F# B
Like to handle everything they see
B C#
But my girl has more fun around
E F# B
And you know she’d rather be with me
Chorus:
B B7 E
Me-oh-my, lucky guy is what I am
C# A
Tell you why you’ll understand
F# B G7 F#7
She don’t fly although she can
Verse 2:
Some boys love to run around
They don’t think about the things they do
But this boy wants to settle down
And you know he’d rather be with you
[repeat chorus]
Bridge/key change:
F#7
Ba ba ba ba ba-ba ba [2X]
G7
Ba ba ba ba ba-ba ba [2X]
Verse 3:
C D
Some girls love to run around
F G C
Like to handle everything they see
C D
But my girl has more fun around
F G
And you know she’d rather be with
F G
Yes she’d rather be with
F G C
You know she’d rather be with me
Coda:
C D F G C [N.C.; horn (G) and cowbell]
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C D F G C
Ba-ba-ba, ba-ba-ba, you know she’d rather be with me [repeat to fade]
— another ace 60’s tab from Andrew Rogers
