Eddie Noack – Too Hot To Handle (Guitar)

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Three (3) versions: 1954 version - Track 17 of 33 on the album "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes [Disc 1]" (2012) 1962 version - Track 11 of 24 on the album "Psycho - The K-Ark and Allstar Recordings 1962-1969" (2013) Link to song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0TCZgkgnrlQ 1976 version - Track 2 of 30 on the album "Ain't the Reaping Ever Done? (1962-1976)" (2015) Link to song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Do41hGo8avM ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [!] 1954 version [!] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Intro] G7 C [Verse 1]
       C
You're too hot to handle, I'm turning you loose

F
Like a hot potato, I know it's no use

       G7
'cause I'm just a country boy and it's plain to see

       C   N.C.
You're too hot to handle for me
[Piano Solo] C F G7 C [Verse 2]
     C
When I'm drinking whiskey, you want champagne

F
I ain't got the money and then you complain

     G7
When I'm wearing blue jeans, you're wearing mink

       C   N.C.
You're too hot to handle, I think
[Guitar Solo] C F G7 C [Verse 3]
    C
You walk down the sidewalk and think you're so hot

    F
You think you got something that you haven't got

G7
Don't mind high-hog eating if I ain't the hog

C     N.C.
Don't mind some dogging if I ain't the dog
[Fiddle Solo] C F G7 C [Verse 4]
       C
You're too hot to handle, you're too cold to love

       F
You're too money-hungry to be my turtledove

    G7
The high cost of loving is about to ruin me

       C   N.C.
You're too hot to handle for me
C ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [!] 1962 version [!] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Intro] C [Verse 1]
C
You're too hot to handle, I'm turning you loose

F
Like a hot potato, I know it's no use

       G7
'cause I'm just a country boy and it's plain to see

       C   N.C.
You're too hot to handle for me
C [Verse 2]
    C
You walk down the sidewalk and think you're so hot

    F
You think you got something that poor girls ain't got

  G7
I don't mind high-hog eating if I ain't the hog

C     N.C.
Don't mind some dogging if I ain't the dog
[Guitar Solo] C F G7 C [Verse 3]
     C
When I drink white lightning, you want champagne

F
I ain't got the money and then you complain

     G7
When I'm wearing blue jeans, you're wearing mink

       C   N.C.
You're too hot to handle, I think
C [Verse 4]
       C
You're too hot to handle, you're too cold to love

F
Too money-hungry to be my turtledove

    G7
The high cost of loving is about to ruin me

       C   N.C.
You're too hot to handle for me
[Outro] C ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [!] 1976 version [!] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [!] Capo on 1st fret [!] [Intro] E A [Verse 1]
A
You're too hot to handle, I'm turning you loose

D
Like a hot potato, I know it's no use

E
   I wooed you, baby, 'til you spent my dough

A      N.C.
You're too hot to handle, I know
[Chorus]
A
You're too hot to handle, you're too cold to love

D
   Too money-hungry to be my turtledove

E
   I'm just a country boy and it's plain to see

A                  E         A
You're too hot to handle for me
[Interlude] E A [Verse 2]
A
When I drink white lightning, you want champagne

D
I ain't got the money and then you complain

      E
While I'm wearing blue jeans, you're wearing mink

A                  E        A
You're too hot to handle, I think
[Interlude] E A [Verse 3]
A
You walk down the sidewalk, you think you're so hot

      D
You think you got something that poor girls haven't got

   E
I don't mind high-hog eating if I ain't the hog

A     N.C.
Don't mind some dogging if I ain't the dog
[Chorus]
A
You're too hot to handle, you're too cold to love

D
   Too money-hungry to be my turtledove

       E
'cause I'm just a country boy and it's plain to see

A                  E         A
You're too hot to handle for me
[Outro] E A