Trouble is my middle name (1966)     (video)

 

    D - Gm - A (2x)

 

          D          G          Gm              - D                                  G  

1. Hello little girl, goodbye little girl,     I’m not your kind of guy, little girl,

D                              Bm                             Em    - A            A7        D

    I’ll only make you cry, little girl, ‘cause trouble     is my middle name.

 

+  D - Gm - A

 

               D             G         Gm

2. Each kiss, little girl, is sweet, little girl,

D                                       G

    they sweep me off my feet, little girl,

D                                     Bm

    no more will our lips meet, little girl,

                 Em     - A                        D      - F#

    ‘cause trouble       is my middle name.

 

     Bm                        F#m        - G                            A          D

+        I’m just a born wanderer       who happened by this way,

                F#                      Bm

    each place that I’m in, heartaches moved in,

         G                         F# - A

    so I’ll move on my wa…...y.

 

         D                             Gm

3. In time, little girl, you’ll find, little girl,

D                                   G

    that I’ve been really kind, little girl,

              D                              Bm

    not changin’ you name to mine, little girl,

                 Em     - A                        D      - F#

    ‘cause trouble       is my middle name.

 

     Bm                        F#m        - G                            A          D

+        I’m just a born wanderer       who happened by this way,

                F#                      Bm

    each place that I’m in, heartaches moved in,

         G                         F# - A

    so I’ll move on my wa…...y.

 

         D                             Gm

3. In time, little girl, you’ll find, little girl,

D                                   G

    that I’ve been really kind, little girl,

              D                              Bm

    not changin’ you name to mine, little girl,

                 Em     - A                         D      - Bm - C - A

    ‘cause trouble       is my middle name.

 

                Em     - A                         D      - Bm - C - A

+ Mmh,  trouble        is my middle name,

                Em    - A                          D         - G - D

    mmh, trouble        is my middle name.

 

 

(orig. = capo 2nd)    (The Four Pennies)