Who Needs You

Words & Music by Al Stillman & Robert Allen
Recorded by The Four Lads, 1957 (#9


A   Gdim   D  D6  A   G    A  G   D Fdim  D
Who needs you     to drive me out of my mind?

 A  Edim   D   F#m Em7 Fdim A7
Who needs you, I'd like to know?

 A   G    B7     Cdim     G      B7  Em7 B7
Who needs you to give me chills when I'm well --

Cdin G   G/F# Em7 Bm      Bm7-5 A7
How fast can   a helpless heart go?

A Gdim   D  D6  A   G   A   G    D  Fdim D
I know, Dear,   I love you more than a  lot,

A  Edim  D   F#m Em7 Fdim A7   G    G/F#  Em7  Em6
But oh, what I've got to  go through --

    A7   Em7  A7    Edim      D    A   G  D     B7 
And so, Dear,    I guess the ans - wer is sim - ply

B7/F# G    G/F# Edim D
Who  needs you?   I  do.


  D   A7  D   A       G9    A    G   G/F# A     G    D9
Each time we kiss goodnight,  I find that I get so excited,

Edim      D         DM7   D6       D7      B7
 I can't sleep all night,    I've lost my appetite --

Cdim G         F#m      Em7      A7
 No  ap - pe - tite no sleep at night

(Instrumental Interlude - First Two Lines of Verse)

A   G    B7     Cdim     G      B7  Em7 B7
Who needs you to give me chills when I'm well --

Cdin G   G/F# Em7 Bm      Bm7-5 A7
How fast can   a helpless heart go?

A Gdim   D  D6  A   G   A   G    D  Fdim D
I know, Dear,   I love you more than a  lot,

A  Edim  D   F#m Em7 Fdim A7   G    G/F#  Em7  Em6
But oh, what I've got to  go through --

    A7   Em7  A7    Edim      D    A   G  D     B7 
And so, Dear,    I guess the ans - wer is sim - ply

B7/F# G    G/F# Edim D
Who  needs you?   I  do.

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