His Lips Get In The Way chords by The Shirelles

His Lips Get In The Way:The Shirelles.
#69 on BB Hot 100 on SCEPTER Records
in 1964.


INTRO: Bbm Ab Bbm Ab

#1.
Bbm           Ab
Everybody tells me I'm a fool and I'm just
        Gb
wastin' time to love someone who's not in
     Ab
love with me.
Bbm                Ab
Friends all say that I'm a dope to stay in

love when there's no hope.
  Gb              Ab
But I'm a dope who loves him hopelessly.

CHORUS:
Ebm    Ab              Ebm
What can I do (sha-la-la-la-la-la) hey, what
   Ab
can I say? (sha-la-la-la-la-la.)
Ebm     Fm         Eb
Each time I try to say goodbye, his lips get
    Db           Bbm
in the way..(sha-la-la-sha-la-la-la-la.)
  Bbm            Db
Oh, yeah, his lips get in the way.
         Bbm
(sha-la-la-sha-la-la-la-la.)

#2.
Bbm                  Ab
He says my love don't mean a thing but still he

keeps me on a string.
  Gb               Ab
I'm just someone he likes to have around.
 Bbm              Ab
I say I want no more of this but then he stops

me with a kiss.
 Gb                 Ab
I can't resist him though he puts me down.

CHORUS:
Ebm    Ab              Ebm
What can I do (sha-la-la-la-la-la) hey, what
   Ab
can I say? (sha-la-la-la-la-la.)
Ebm     Fm         Eb
Each time I try to say goodbye, his lips get
    Db           Bbm
in the way..(sha-la-la-sha-la-la-la-la.)
  Bbm            Db
Oh, yeah, his lips get in the way.
         Bbm
(sha-la-la-sha-la-la-la-la.)


#3.
Bbm              Ab
Everybody calls me fool, they say, hey girl, go
          Gb
back to school and learn the things that every
      Ab
girl should know.
Bbm              Ab
But I guess I've got no brains because my foolish
         Gb
heart remains, I just can't break the chains and
    Ab
let him go, no no..so..

CHORUS:
Ebm    Ab              Ebm
What can I do (sha-la-la-la-la-la) hey, what
   Ab
can I say? (sha-la-la-la-la-la.)
Ebm     Fm         Eb
Each time I try to say goodbye, his lips get
    Db           Bbm
in the way..(sha-la-la-sha-la-la-la-la.)
  Bbm            Db
Oh, yeah, his lips get in the way.
         Bbm
(sha-la-la-sha-la-la-la-la.)(oh, yeah)


OUTRO:
          Db          Bbm
His lips get in the way (sha-la-la-la-la-la-la-la.)
          Db          Bbm
His lips get in the way (sha-la-la-la-la-la-la-la.)..(Fade.)



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