Ronnie Chords

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                                "Ronnie"
                        (Bob Gaudio - Bob Crewe)

Intro:

	(drum/percussion fill)

	 A         C#m        F#m         B7      Dmaj7
	I'll go on living and keep on forgiving because
	             Bm    E7
	You were my first love

Verse 1:

	A       C#m      F#m
	So very warm and tender
	    Bm       E7
	The way you loved me
	 A              C#m
	Hey girl, can't you remember
	     Bm       E7
	And want more of me

Chorus 1:

	 D      /C#  Bm      E7
	Ronnie,     Ronnie, Ronnie
	 A             [N.C.]
	Why did you go
	 D      /C#  Bm      E7
	Ronnie, oh, Ronnie, Ronnie
	 A      C#m          F#m           B7       Dmaj7
	I am regretting but can't stop forgetting because
	             Bm    E7
	You were my first love

Verse 2:

	You said now you don't need me
	Because I cheated
	Why didn't you believe me
	When I repeated

Chorus 2:

	Ronnie, Ronnie, Ronnie
	You'll never know
	Ronnie, oh, Ronnie, Ronnie
	I'll go on living and keep on forgiving because
		     Bm    C#
	You were my first love

Bridge:

	F#  A#m          F#7
	     I walk all alone
	B         Bm     F#
	I cry at home
	             A#m                 B
	Night after night (night after night)
		  C#            [E D C# B A G#   <- single notes]
	Day after day

Verse 3 [mostly wordless, w/falsetto]

	I never cheated
	I still repeat it

Chorus 3:

	Ronnie, Ronnie, Ronnie, you'll never know
	Ronnie, oh, Ronnie, Ronnie
	I'll go on living and keep on forgiving because
	You were my first love

[key change to Bb]

Coda [repeat to fade]:

	 Bb         D7         Gm         C7      Ebmaj7
	I'll go on living and keep on forgiving because
	             Cm    F7
	You were my first love


-- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers