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Elenore

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[Intro]
Em7
[Verse 1]
Em7You got a thing about you
Amadd9I just can't lAmive without you
B7I really want you, Elenore, nEm7ear meC  B7  
Em7Your looks intoxicate me
Am9Even though yAmour folks hate me
B7   Em7   B   C   B   Gsingle notes
There's no one like you, Elenore, really
[Chorus]
EElenore, gee I think you're sG#m7well
And you really do me wAell
You're my pEride and joy, et cB7etera
F#mElenoreF#mmaj7, can I take the F#m7time
To ask you to speak your mB7ind
E   B   C   B   Gsingle notes
Tell me that you love me better
[Verse 2]
Em7I really think you're groovy
Amadd9Let's go out tAmo a movie
B7What do you say, now, ElenoreEm7, can we?C  B7  
Em7They'll turn the lights way down low
Am9Maybe we won'Amt watch the show
B7   Em7   B   C   B   Gsingle notes
I think I love you, Elenore, love me
[Chorus]
EElenore, gee I think you're sG#m7well
And you really do me wAell
You're my pEride and joy, et cB7etera
F#mElenoreF#mmaj7, can I take the F#m7time
To ask you to speak your mB7ind
Tell me that you love me bEetterE  B7  
[Coda]
EElenore, gee I think you're sG#m7well ah-B7hah x2
...hEah
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The story behind the song

"Elenore" was written as a satire of the kind of happy-go-lucky pop songs The Turtles themselves were known for, specifically their hit "Happy Together." The band wanted to diversify their musical output and record their own material, and this 1968 song, from the album The Turtles Present the Battle of the Bands, was a demonstration of their versatility. It features deliberately clichéd and slapdash lyrics, intended as an anti-love letter. At its heart, it plays like a playful jab at sugary pop conventions.

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