Three Rows Over:Bobby Curtola
#1 in 1960/61.
**(I had the good fortune to catch Bobby Curtola's live
show in 1964. He was/is one of the best.)
INTRO:
C Am F G C Am F G
Dum-dum-dum-dum..........dum-dum-dum-dum..
#1.
C Am F G7
There's a girl in school , that I adore.
C Am F G7
She's a cute little girl, five-feet-four.
C C7 F Fm
She's got a personality, the talk of the town..
C Am F F# G C Am F G7
She sits three rows over........and two seats down.
#2.
C Am F G7
I've got competition, it seems, galore.
C Am F G7
But I'm the guy, she's waiting for.
C C7 F Fm
I go through life with just one bound..
C Am F F# G C F C7
That girl three rows over.........and two seats down.
Chorus:
F C C7
I just can't seem to concentrate, I can't buckle down.
F C Am Dm G7
I never get my schoolwork done, head's always turned around.
#3.
C Am F G7
I catch the teacher's angry looks,
C Am F G7
when my head's not buried, in my books.
C C7 F Fm
She knows my thoughts are all around..
C Am F F# G C F C7
that girl three rows over.........and two seats down.
Chorus:
F C C7
I just can't seem to concentrate, I can't buckle down.
F C Am Dm G7
I never get my schoolwork done, head's always turned around.
#4.
C Am F G7
I can't find, the type of thing..
C Am F G7
I keep waiting for...that friendly wave.
C C7 F Fm
The one I want, I finally found..
C Am F F# G C Am F G7
She sits three rows over..........and two seats down.
OUTRO:
C Am F G C Am F G
Dum-dum-dum-dum..........dum-dum-dum-dum..
C Am
Dum-dum-dum-dum....(Fade.)
A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.