Best known for their hot-rod songs ('G.T.O.' made it to #4 in the summer of 1964), Ronny and the Daytonas had their second-biggest hit (#27, early 1966) with this wistful ballad. Like so many of the entries in Andrew's Ace Archives, I heard it on the radio earlier today (3/24/96) and dug up my own scratched, off-center 45 to share some memories with the readers of r.m.m.g.t. -- AWR
"Sandy" (Wilkin - Cason)
Intro:
Amaj7 Em7/A [2X] / / / / / / / /
Verse 1:
Hey, girl, with sunlight in your hair Amaj7 Bm7 Amaj7 A7 [N.C.] It hurts me so to see you standing there
Oh, oh, oh, Sandy (Sandy) Dm7 F [N.C.] You laugh and run away
You just don't care
Verse 2:
Your kiss is warmer than the sun And I count the little things we've done Oh, oh, oh, Sandy (Sandy) Do you remember when G F G Amaj7 Em7/A Amaj7 A [N.C.] I was the one
Bridge:
You've been around since
A new boy who found you E Bb7 Eb7 F# [N.C.] Took you uptown so far from me
(key changes to B)
Bmaj7 F#m7/B [2X] / / / / / / / /
Verse 3:
But someday your good times will be through
And I know just what you're gonna do
You'll come back, Sandy (Sandy) Em7 G [N.C.] You know I'll still be here