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as sung by Herman’s Hermits – Key of C
The success of Herman’s Hermits’ first single “I’m into Something Good” – a number one in the UK and no. 13 on the US Billboard Hot 100 – led to the US release of their first album in February 1965.
In April 1965, with both “Can’t You Hear My Heartbeat” and the Hermits’ cover of “Silhouettes” simultaneously in the singles charts – both would appear on the band’s second US album Herman’s Hermits on Tour – MGM released “Mrs. Brown You’ve Got a Lovely Daughter”. The single’s no. 12 debut on the Hot 100 was the decade’s third highest (behind the Beatles’ “Hey Jude” and “Get Back”), and it took just three weeks to reach number one.
The album climbed to no. 2 on the Billboard album chart in the week in which the Hermits had three singles in the national Top 20. The LP then spent four consecutive weeks at no. 2, three of them overlapping with the three-week run of “Mrs. Brown” at number one on the singles chart. The album, which failed to get to number one because of the soundtrack to the 1964 film Mary Poppins, remained on the chart for 40 weeks.
The album was not released in the UK until September 1965. The UK version – which featured both Mrs. Brown You’ve Got a Lovely Daughter and I’m Henery VIII, I Am (with spelling variation) – peaked at no. 16 and spent just two weeks on the chart.
[C] Why does the sun go on [G7] shining? [Am] Why does the sea rush to [Em] shore? [Dm] Don’t they know it’s the [Em] end of the [A7?] world, ‘Cuz [F] you don’t [Dm] love me any [G7] more?
[C] Why do the birds go on [G7] singing? [Am] Why do the stars shine [Em] ‘bove us? [Dm] Don’t they know it’s the [Em] end of the [A7?] world? It [F] ended when I [G7] lost your [C] love.
I [F] wake up in the morning and I [C] wonder – Why [F] everything’s the [G7] same as it [C] was. And I [Em] can’t understand, no, I [A] can’t understand, how [F] life goes [Dm] on the way it [G7] does.
[C] Why does my heart go on [G7] beating? [Am] Why do these eyes of mine [Em] cry? [Dm] Don’t they know it’s the [Em] end of the [A7?] world? It [F] ended when you [G] said [C] goodbye. [ G7 D C ]
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[C] Why does the sun go on [G7] shining? [Am] Why does the sea rush to [Em] shore? [Dm] Don’t they know it’s the [Em] end of the [A7?] world, ‘Cuz [F] you don’t [Dm] love me any [G7] more?