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I Can't Help Myself:Johnny Rivers.
Album - And I Know You Wanna Dance -
#52 on BB Hot 200 on IMPERIAL Records
in 1966.
INTRO: A  
#1.
ASugarpie honeybunch, (sugarpie honeybunch) you 
know that I Elove you (love you)
I can't Bmhelp myself, DI love you and noEbody else.
AIn and out my life (in and out my life) you 
come and you Ego (you come and you go) you leave 
just your Dcrummy little picture behind and I
kissed it a Ethousand times.
#2.
AWhen you snap your fingers or wink your eye, I come 
Erunning to you (running to you)
I'm tied to your Dapron strings, and there's nothing 
EI can do.
#3.
ASugarpie honeybunch (sugarpie honeybunch) I'm weaker 
than a Eman should be (a man should be)
Oooo, I can't Dhelp myself, I'm a fool in Elove you see.
I Atell you I don't love you, tell you that we're 
through.
EAnd I've tried (and I tried) everytime I Dsee your face, 
I get up all choked Eup inside.
BRIDGE:
AWhen I call your name, girl, it starts a flame, burning 
in my heart, tearin' it all apart.
No matter how I try, my love I cannot hide.
#4.
ASugarpie honeybunch (sugarpie honeybunch) you know 
that I'm Eweak for you (weak for you)
I can't Bmhelp myDself, I love you and noEbody else.
ASugarpie honeybunch (Sugarpie honeybunch) I do
anything you Eask me to.
You know I can't Dhelp myself, and I tried, I love you 
and noEbody else.
#5.
ASugarpie honeybunch (sugarpie honeybunch) you know 
that I Elove you (I love you)
I can't Bmhelp myDself, I ried, I love you and noEbody else.
ASugarpie honeybunch (sugarpie honeybunch) you know 
that I'm Eweak for you (weak for you) girl,
I can't Bmhelp myDself, I love you and noEbody else.
OUTRO:
(ASugarpie honeybunch) oh, no, I can't help myself.
(Yeah, yeah, yeah) I want to tell you how I love you..(Fade.)
A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.

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I Cant Help Myself

by Johnny Rivers

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I Can't Help Myself:Johnny Rivers.

Album - And I Know You Wanna Dance -

#52 on BB Hot 200 on IMPERIAL Records

in 1966.

INTRO:

#1.

Sugarpie honeybunch, (sugarpie honeybunch) you

know that I love you (love you)

Bm D E

I can't help myself, I love you and nobody else.

In and out my life (in and out my life) you

come and you go (you come and you go) you leave

just your crummy little picture behind and I

kissed it a thousand times.

#2.

When you snap your fingers or wink your eye, I come

running to you (running to you)

I'm tied to your apron strings, and there's nothing

I can do.

#3.

Sugarpie honeybunch (sugarpie honeybunch) I'm weaker

than a man should be (a man should be)

D E

Oooo, I can't help myself, I'm a fool in love you see.

I tell you I don't love you, tell you that we're

through.

E D

And I've tried (and I tried) everytime I see your face,

I get up all choked up inside.

BRIDGE:

When I call your name, girl, it starts a flame, burning

in my heart, tearin' it all apart.

No matter how I try, my love I cannot hide.

#4.

Sugarpie honeybunch (sugarpie honeybunch) you know

that I'm weak for you (weak for you)

Bm D E

I can't help myself, I love you and nobody else.

Sugarpie honeybunch (Sugarpie honeybunch) I do

anything you ask me to.

You know I can't help myself, and I tried, I love you

and nobody else.

#5.

Sugarpie honeybunch (sugarpie honeybunch) you know

that I love you (I love you)

Bm D E

I can't help myself, I ried, I love you and nobody else.

Sugarpie honeybunch (sugarpie honeybunch) you know

that I'm weak for you (weak for you) girl,

Bm D E

I can't help myself, I love you and nobody else.

OUTRO:

(Sugarpie honeybunch) oh, no, I can't help myself.

(Yeah, yeah, yeah) I want to tell you how I love you..(Fade.)

A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.

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