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Tuning: E A D G B E
Better Tell Him No:The Starlets. #38 on BB Hot 100 on PAM Records in 1961. ***(Later changed their name to The Angels, of ' My Boyfriend's Back' fame.)*** INTRO:
(AbMama?) (What?) (I wanna ask you somethin') (Yeah?) Eb
#1.
AbMama, if I meet a real fine boy and he says that I'm his pride and joy. DbOh, if he walks me in the pale moon light. AbOh, when he say he wanna hold me tight. What must I Ebsay, Mama, oh, Dbtell me what must I Absay?
#2.
(Whoaaa-ohhh) AbmTell him no, girl, tell that man.. tell him no, make him understand. DbUnless he's got a preacher in his plan, tell him Abno, you better tell him, no.Eb
#3.
AbBut, Mama, if he say he love me so, and he say he'll never let me go. DbOh, if he tell me that tonight's the night. AbOh, when he's gonna make me see the light. What must I Ebsay, Mama, oh, Dbtell me what must I Absay? (AbWhat Dbmust I Absay?)
#4.
AbTell him no, girl, and take my advice, keep his hands off the merchanDbdise. DbUnless he's thinking about choosing rice, tell him Abno, you better tell him no.Eb
BRIDGE:
DbMama, he's fine. Girl, I Abhate to see you Fmcryin'. If he Dbgo, he Bbmwon't come back. There's Bbanother train moving on the Ebvery same track.
#5.
AbOhhh, but maybe, maybe I can let him go or maybe when he stay I'll feel aglow. DbIf I tell him no, what's on my mind, oh, Abstill he say
he wanna hold me tight.
What must I Ebsay, Mama, oh, Dbtell me what must I Absay. (AbWhat Dbmust I Absay?)
#6.
AbWhoa-oh, tell him no, girl, and play your part, don't wanna see you with a broken Dbheart. Get the ring before the romance starts, tell him Abno, you better tell him no.Eb
OUTRO:
DbTell him no, girl, tell him no..Abtell him no, girl, tell him no. DbTell him no, girl, tell him no..Abtell him, tell him, tell
him no..(Fade.) A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.