Yo-yo chords

Yo-yo

• Eb

Yo-Yo:Billy Joe Royal.
#117 on BB Hot 100 on COLUMBIA
Records in 1966.

INTRO: Eb Db (x4)

Eb                      Db                 Eb
Woah, oh, ho (whoa, oh, ho) just like a yo-yo 
             Db               Eb            Db
(just like a yo-yo) woah, oh, ho (whoa, oh, ho)
               Eb              Db
Just like a yo-yo (just like a yo-yo)..

#1.
           Eb             Db          Eb
Well, it's hard for me to see how you got such a 
        Db
hold on me.
          Eb              Db            Eb
First I'm up and then I'm down, then my heart goes 
           Db
around and round.

#2.
Ab
I'll bet you five dollars I'm the only fool who will 

climb up a string for you.
    Eb            Ab                    Eb
And need I say, I can't break away, you control 
              Ab
every thing I do.
  Cm           Fm               Ab
I used to be a swinger, til you wrapped me round 

your finger.

CHORUS:
               Eb                 Db              Eb
Just like a yo-yo (just like a yo-yo) just like a yo-yo 
             Db               Eb            Db
(just like a yo-yo) woah, oh, ho (whoa, oh, ho)
            Eb                 Db               Eb
just like a yo-yo (just like a yo-yo) woah, oh, ho 
           Db              Eb                 Db
(whoa, oh, ho) just like a yo-yo (just like a yo-yo)..

BRIDGE:
Eb                Ab                        Eb
Turning, turning, love keeps burning like a fire in my 
            Ab                  Eb
heart, now..we're apart, now, a-we're back together..
         Db                Eb
you keep changing like the weather, whoops, now.
Db                 Eb                 Db
Up and down like a yo-yo (just like a yo-yo)..
            Eb                 Db
Just like a yo-yo (just like a yo-yo)

#3.
        Eb            Db           Eb                  Db
Where I go and what I do, well, it all just depends on you.
             Eb                Db         Eb
You build me up just to let me down but I dare not to make 
  Db
a sound.
      Ab
Cause I'm so afraid you will cast me away like a beat up, 

worn out toy.
      Eb
So, I hold on tight, with all my might, just to be your 
       Db
loving boy.
   Cm                     Fm          Ab
No matter what you say or do..I gotta bounce right back to 
Eb
you, now..

CHORUS:
               Eb                 Db              Eb
Just like a yo-yo (just like a yo-yo) just like a yo-yo 
             Db               Eb            Db
(just like a yo-yo) woah, oh, ho (whoa, oh, ho)
            Eb                 Db               Eb
just like a yo-yo (just like a yo-yo) woah, oh, ho 
           Db              Eb                 Db
(whoa, oh, ho) just like a yo-yo (just like a yo-yo)..

BRIDGE:
Eb                Ab                        Eb
Turning, turning, love keeps burning like a fire in my 
            Ab                  Eb
heart, now..we're apart, now, a-we're back together..
         Db                Eb
you keep changing like the weather, whoops, now.
Db                 Eb                 Db
Up and down like a yo-yo (just like a yo-yo)..
            Eb                 Db
Just like a yo-yo (just like a yo-yo)..

OUTRO:
              Eb            Db                 Eb
Woah, oh, ho, ho (whoa, oh, ho) just like a yo-yo 
                Db            Eb            Db
(just like a yo-yo) woah, oh, ho (whoa, oh, ho)
            Eb                 Db
just like a yo-yo (just like a yo-yo)(Fade.)


A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.

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