Cliff Richard – Wind Me Up Let Me Go (Ukulele)

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WIND ME UP (Let Me Go): CLIFF RICHARD - 1965/1966 (Talley/Montgomery) 3/4 - 88 This pretty ballad was a U.K. hit single for Cliff in 1965/1966, where it peaked on nr. 2, and charted for 12 weeks in the Top-20. In the Netherlands it got to nr. 18, and it charted for 9 weeks in the Top-40. |% |: Repeat the previous Chord and Measure of 4-counts. INTRO: | C7|F |Am |F |Am | VERSE 1:
F         |C7        |F              |%    |
I'm just a little tin soldier in your hands.

G           |%                |C7          |F    |
I'm good for nothing, but to o-bey your com-mands.

%        |C7    |F         |Dm7   |
You never really loved me I know.

G         |C7        |F   |F-Am-C7|
So wind me up, let me go.
VERSE 2:
F         |C7              |F              |%    |
I'm just a play thing, till you see someone else.

G           |%          |C7         |F
And then you leave me, a-lone on the shelf.

   |%       |C7           |F                |Dm7   |
But even tin soldiers have hearts, don't you know.

G         |C7        |F   |%   |
So wind me up, let me go.
CHORUS:
F               |%
You don't really need me,

        |F            |%
you've a hundred other toys.

   |D               |D7
And tear drops don't look good,

      |G              |C7   |
in the eyes of soldier boys.
VERSE 3 / OUTRO:
F         |C7     |F               |%    |
So pick me up, and hold me one more time.

G                |%          |C7           |F   |
That's just conso-lation, for this heart of mine.

%        |C7                |F                |Dm7   |
Whisper a sweet word, to the one who loves you so.

G           |C7        |F   |%   |
Then wind me up, let me go.
/ (Break)
G           |C7        |F   |Am   |F   |Am
Then wind me up, let me go.

     (|F   |Am   |F   |Am   |) (: in Fade Out)
Let me go.