Chord Req: 'Lover Come Back To Me' Atkins

Subject: Chord Req: 'Lover Come Back To Me' Atkins
From: Jeep man
Date: 24 Jul 04 - 12:25 AM

I bought my first Chet Atkins record in 1952 and have been a fan ever since

His Gallopin Guitar album has a tune called "Lover Come Back to Me".
It is a beautiful song and I would like to have the major chords. NO I won't play it like he did, but I might be able to play it the way I can.

Thanks, Jeep

Subject: RE: Chord Req: 'Lover Come Back To Me' Atkins
From: masato sakurai
Date: 24 Jul 04 - 03:51 AM

Tab with chords is HERE. Also in Chet Atkins - Vintage Fingerstyle ($19.95).

Subject: RE: Chord Req: 'Lover Come Back To Me' Atkins
From: Jeep man
Date: 24 Jul 04 - 09:10 PM

Thanks, old friend. That is a great site/ Jim

Subject: ADDPOP: Lover Come Back To Me
From: Joe Offer
Date: 24 Jul 04 - 09:47 PM

Hmmm. I didn't realize that song was so old - published in 1928, with music by Sigmund Riomberg and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II. The Great Song Thesaurus says that "the release of this song is based on Tchaikovsky's ""June Bacarolle." I'm not quite sure what that wording means.
Rabid Squirrel's Jazz Archive has the lyrics:

Lover Come Back to Me
(Sigmund Romberg / Oscar Hammerstein II )

You went away
I let you
We broke the ties that bind
I wanted to forget you
And leave the past behind
Still, the magic if the night I met you
Seems to stay forever in my mind

The sky was blue
And high above
The moon was new
And so was love
This eager heart of mine was singing
Lover where can you be

You came at last
Love had its day
That day is past
You've gone away
This aching heart of mine is singing
Lover come back to me

When I remember every little thing
You used to do
I'm so lonely
Every road I walk along
I walk along with you
No wonder I am lonely

The sky is blue
The night is cold
The moon is new
But love is old
And while I'm waiting here
This heart of mine is singing
Lover come back to me

When I remember every little thing
You used to do
I grow lonely
Every road I walk along
I walk along with you
No wonder I am lonely

The sky is blue
The night is cold
The moon is new
But love is old
And while I'm waiting here
This heart of mine is singing
Lover come back to me

-Joe Offer-

Subject: RE: Chord Req: 'Lover Come Back To Me' Atkins
From: Jeep man
Date: 24 Jul 04 - 10:39 PM

Joe, this is super. I had no idea the song had lyrics. As I said,I have loved this tune since the early '50's. I had everything that Chet Atkins had recorded and kept it updated until around 1960 on a trip to California, all my records were ruined. Someone had stored them on the shelf behind the back seat(The Hog Trough). The Mojave sun cooked them into useless plastic.

My thanks to everyone. Jim

Subject: RE: Chord Req: 'Lover Come Back To Me' Atkins
From: masato sakurai
Date: 24 Jul 04 - 11:18 PM

Recordings by the following artists are at The Red Hot Jazz Archive:

The Dorsey Brothers Concert Orchestra (2 parts)
Ray Ventura et ses Collegiens
Annette Hanshaw
The California Ramblers
Paul Whiteman and his Orchestra

Subject: RE: Chord Req: 'Lover Come Back To Me' Atkins
From: GUEST
Date: 24 Jul 04 - 11:57 PM

those are the lyrics retard...you suck your momma's mandolin you hillbilly chimichanga