Johnny Horton – All For The Love Of A Girl (Guitar)

Capo 2

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This one hit the Billboard charts in 1959 and was a big hit. It was the B-Side of his #1 hit, The Battle Of New Orleans. Lobo recorded it 1973 with not much success.

C
Well, today I'm so weary.

F             C
Today, I'm so blue.

F              C
Sad and broken hearted.

         G7
And it's all because of you.

#2.

C
Life was so sweet dear.

F          C
Life was a song.

F                    C
Now, you've gone and left me.

    G7           C
Oh, where do I belong?

CHORUS:

C              
And it's all for the love,

     F           C
of a dear little girl.

C
All for the love,

               G7
that sets your heart in a whirl.

      C
I'm a man who'd give his life,

        F            C
and the joys of this world.

             G7         C
All, for the love, of a girl.

INTERLUDE: C G7 C F C CHORUS:

C              
And it's all for the love,

     F           C
of a dear little girl.

C
All for the love,

               G7
that sets your heart in a whirl.

      C
I'm a man who'd give his life,

        F            C
and the joys of this world.

             G7         C
All, for the love, of a girl.

A fifties smash from Kraziekhat.