The Young Rascals
Groovin'
Key: C


Capo 5
  
C             Dm7              C    
Groovin' . . . on a Sunday afternoon.    
C      Dm7                   C    
Really, couldn't get away too soon.    
Cmaj7               Dm7    
I can't imagine anything that's better,    
Cmaj7                       Dm7     
The world is ours whenever we're together.    
Cmaj7                           Dm7   Fm7  G9    
There ain't a place I'd like to be, instead of...    

#2.    
C             Dm7            C     
Groovin' . . . down a crowded avenue.    
C     Dm7                 C     
Doin,' anything we like to do.    
Cmaj7                    Dm7    
There's always lots of things that we can see.    
Cmaj7                 Dm7     
We can be anyone we want to be.    
Cmaj7                                 Dm7  Fm7 G9     
And all those happy people we could meet just...    

#3.    
C             Dm7              C    
Groovin' . . . on a Sunday afternoon.    
C      Dm7                   C    
Really, couldn't get away too soon.    
            Dm7    
No, no, no, no.    
Cmaj7                          Dm7     
We'll keep on spending sunny days this way.    
Cmaj7                            Dm7    
We're gonna talk and laugh our time away.    
Cmaj7                   Dm7     
I feel it comin' closer day by day.    
F            Em       Dm7        G  
Life would be ecstasy, you and me endlessly...    
C             Dm7         C    
Groovin' . . . on a Sunday afternoon.    
C      Dm7                   C     
Really, couldn't get away too soon...(fade.)      




The Young Rascals
I Ain't Gonna Eat Out My Heart Anymore
Key: C


Cap 3

C 

 F   D#                        F 
(Yeah)    I admit you got the biggest brown eyes 
        D#                             F          D# 
And you know how to part your lips to tantalize, sure 
 F   D#                                 F 
(Yeah)    You can get any man you want going and you do it 
    D#                   F         D# 
And don't say you don't know, you do! 

C 

              F                      D# 
Well, baby, I ain't gonna eat out my heart anymore 
  F                      D# 
I ain't gonna eat out my heart anymore 
   C 
So quit it 

Dm                        C 
I love you, I love you, I do, girl 
        D#                    F 
But you ain't gonna cheat on me 
Dm                      C 
I need you, I need you, I do girl 
D#                    C    D#            C 
Choose, is it him or me? (is it him or me?) 

 F   D#                           F 
(Yeah)  Just 'cause I ain't been saying it, girl 
               D#                        F       D# 
You should be ashamed of what I've been seeing, babe 
 F   D#             F 
(Yeah)  You better watch your step or, girl 
D#                        F                            D# 
You can bet you're gonna lose the best thing you ever had 

C 

              F                      D# 
Well, baby, I ain't gonna eat out my heart anymore 
  F                      D# 
I ain't gonna eat out my heart anymore 
   C 
So quit it 

Break 

Dm                        C 
I love you, I love you, I do, girl 
        D#                    F 
But you ain't gonna cheat on me 
Dm                        C 
I need you, I need you, I do girl 
D#                    C     
Choose, is it him or me?  

              F                      D# 
Well, baby, I ain't gonna eat out my heart anymore 
  F                      D# 
I ain't gonna eat out my heart anymore 

  F                      D# 
I ain't gonna eat out my heart anymore 

  F                      D# 
I ain't gonna eat out my heart anymore . . .  

The Young Rascals
In The Midnight Hour
Key: C


Intro 
C  A  G  F 
D  G  D  G 
D  G  D  G 

verse 1 
         D             G        D 
I'm gonna wait till the midnight hour 
G             D    G        D 
That's when my love tumbling down 
G        D             G        D 
I'm gonna wait till the midnight hour 
G           D      G      D     G 
When there's nobody else around 

 
         A7               G7 
I'm gonna take you girl and hold you 
   A7                  G7 
And do all the things I told you 
                  D  G  D  G  C  A 
In the midnight hour 


verse 2 
         D        G     D 
I'm gonna hold you in my arms 
G           D          G    D 
And see that twinkle in your eye 
G        D             G        D 
I'm gonna wait till the midnight hour 
G             D    G             D  G 
That's when my love begins to shine 


          A7          G7 
You're the only girl I love 
    A7             G7 
Yeah and I love you so 
                 D  G  D  G  C  A 
In the midnight hour 


Instrumental 
D  G  D  G  D  G  A 
D  G  D  G  D  G  A 

verse 3 
         D             G        D 
I'm gonna wait till the midnight hour 
G             D    G        D 
That's when my love tumbling down 
G        D             G        D 
I'm gonna wait till the midnight hour 
G           D      G      D     G  D  G  D  G  D  G  D  G 
When there's nobody else around 
         D        G     D 
I'm gonna hold you in my arms 
      G        D     G  D  G  D  G  D  G  D  G 
In the midnight hour... 

Outro 
D  G  D  G  D  G  A 
D  G  D  G  D  G  A 

D  G  D  G  D  G  D  G 
D  G  D  G  D  G  D  G 
D  G  D  G  D  G  D  G 
D  G  D  G  D  G  D  G 

C  A  G  F  D 

The Young Rascals
People Got To Be Free
Key: A


Capo 5  


Chorus:#1.  
A                 E            B         E  
All the world over, so easy to see,   
A                   E              B             E  
people everywhere just want to be free.   
A                      E                     B                E  
Listen, please listen, that's the way it should be:  
A                   E                  B            E       B   E    B   
peace in the valley, people got to be free. 
 

Verse #1.   
E                 B              C#m                                    G#m  
You should see what a lovely, lovely world this would be,  
A           E                  F#m    B7  
if everyone learned to live together.   
E                 B               C#m                                  G#m  
It seems to me such an easy, easy, thing this should be.   
A                           E               F#m            B7  
Why can't you and me learn to love one another?   

Chorus #2.  
A                   E           B       E  
All the world over, so easy to see,   
A                    E            B             E  
people everywhere just want to be free.   
    A                  E            B          E   
I can't understand it, so simple to me,  
A                    E            B            E       B   E    B  
People everywhere just got to be free. 
 

Verse #2.  
     E            B               C#m                               G#m  
If there's a man who is down and needs a helping hand,   
         A                              E                            F#m  
all it takes is you to understand and to see him through.   
E              B                  C#m                G#m  
Seems to me, we got to solve it individually.   
              A         E                F#m    B7  
And I'll do unto you what you do to me.   

Chorus #3.  
                 A                        E                 B             E  
There'll be shoutin' from the mountains on out to the sea.   
A                     E                    B            E   
No two ways about it, people have to be free.  
A                    E               B            E  
Ask me my opinion, my opinion will be   
           A           E               B             E       B    E    B  
it's a natural situation for a man to be free. 
 

Chorus #4.  
A                E                   B           E  
Oh, what a feeling's just come over me,  
A                            E                        B            E   
Enough to move a mountain, make a blind man see.   
           A                E                    B        E  
Everybody, sing it now, come on, let's go see,  
A                    E                   B              E   
peace in the valley, now we ought to be free. (Fade)  



A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.  


The Young Rascals
You Better Run
Key: D

You Better Run:Young Rascals. 
#20 on BB Hot 100 on ATLANTIC Records 
in 1966. 

Intro: D C D F (x4) 

#1. 
D                  C       D     F 
What you tryin' to do to my heart? 
D                  C       D     F 
What you tryin' to do to my heart? 
D             C            D 
You go around tellin' lies..you're  
               C 
runnin' 'round with other guys.. 
D                  C       D       
what you tryin' to do to my heart? 

Chorus: 
           Em              G 
You better run, you better hide.. 
           Em            A    D 
you better leave from my side. 

#2. 
D                  C       D    F 
What you tryin' to do to my soul? 
D                  C       D    F 
What you tryin' to do to my soul? 
D            C                D 
Everything I had was yours and now  
            C 
I'm closin' all the doors. 
D                  C       D    F 
What you tryin' to do to my soul? 

Chorus: 
           Em              G 
You better run, you better hide.. 
           Em            A    D 
you better leave from my side. 

Bridge: 
  Bm               D            Bm 
I love you girl, I love you so..can't you 
        D 
see it, don't you know? 
E                  D            E 
I can't stand your alibis, your tellin' lies.. 
D 
you drive me wild..(mercy, I can't stand  
anymore.) 


(INTERLUDE:) D C D F (x4) 

#3. 
D                      C       D    F 
Oh, what you tryin' to do to my head? 
D                     C    D    F 
What you tryin' to do to my head? 
D            C                     D 
Now, I gotta draw that line..you're not  
      C 
gonna take my mind. 
D                     C       D    F 
What're you tryin' to do to my head? 

Chorus: 
           Em              G 
You better run, you better hide.. 
           Em            A    D 
you better leave from my side. 

OUTRO: 
D 
I can't stand anymore!!..leave me alone, woman!! 

Go away!!too much!!have mercy!!I need you!! 

I need you!(Fade.) 


A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.