All for the Love of a Girl
This one hit the Billboard charts in 1959
and was a big hit. It was the B-Side of his
#1 hit, The Battle Of New Orleans. Lobo
recorded it 1973 with not much success.
#1.(Capo 2nd fret for original.)
C
Well, today I'm so weary.
F C
Today, I'm so blue.
F C
Sad and broken hearted.
G7
And it's all because of you.
( Tab from: http://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/j/johnny_horton/all_for_the_love_of_a_girl_crd.html )
#2.
C
Life was so sweet girl.
F C
Life was a song.
F C
But, now you've gone and left me.
G7 C
Tell me, where did I go wrong?
CHORUS:
C
And it's all for the love,
F C
of a dear little girl.
C
All for the love,
G7
that sets my heart in a whirl.
C
I'm a man who'd give his life,
F C
And the joys of this world.
G7 C
All, for the love, of a girl.
CHORUS:
A fifties smash from Kraziekhat.