The Searchers – Sweets For My Sweet (Bass Tab)

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Written by Doc Pomus and Mort Shuman; released as a single with "It's All Been A Dream" as the B-side, and on the album "Meet The Searchers".
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  Sweets  for my  sweet,          su- gar for my  ho  -   ney,

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      your    sweet kiss          thrills me  so,
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      I'll never  e - ver         let you     go.

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                                                          If  you

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  wanted that star that shines so brightly
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      to match the stardust in your eye,                  Darling,
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      I will chase that bright star nightly,
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      and try to steal it from the sky.       And I would bring
  oo    -     oo- oo    -     oo- oo    -     ooh

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  wanted      a dream to keep you smilin',
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      I'd tell the Sandman you were blue,                 And I'd
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  ask him     to keep that sand a-pilin'
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      until your dreams had all come true.    And I would bring
  oo    -     oo- oo    -     oo- oo    -     ooh

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  wanted      a   love to last forever,                   darlin',
  oo    -     oo- oo    -     oo- oo    -     oo- ooh

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      I   would send my love your way,                    And my
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      love'd  not on- ly  last for    e - ver,
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      but     fore -  ver and a   day.        And I would bring
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