Goodnight Sweetheart: The Spaniels.
#24 on the R&B charts and #7 on Pop charts in
1955.
CHORUS:
[C] [Am7] [Dm7] [G7]
Goodnight, sweetheart, well, it's time to go.
[C] [Am7] [Dm7] [G7]
Goodnight, sweetheart, well, it's time to go.
[C] [C7] [F] [Fm7]
I hate to leave you, but I really must say, oh,
[C] [G6] [C]
goodnight, sweetheart, goodnight.
CHORUS:
[C] [Am7] [Dm7] [G7]
Goodnight, sweetheart, well, it's time to go.
[C] [Am7] [Dm7] [G7]
Goodnight, sweetheart, well, it's time to go.
[C] [C7] [F] [Fm7]
I hate to leave you, but I really must say, oh,
[C] [G6] [C]
goodnight, sweetheart, goodnight.
#1.
[C] [Dm7] [Fm7] [C] [C7]
Well, it's three o'clock in the morning.
[Dm7] [Fm7] [C] [C7]
Baby, I just can't get right.
[C7] [F] [Fm7] [C] [A] [A7]
Well, I hate to leave you, baby..don't mean maybe..
[F] [Dm7] [G7] [G]
because I love you so.
CHORUS:
[C] [Am7] [Dm7] [G7]
Goodnight, sweetheart, well, it's time to go.
[C] [Am7] [Dm7] [G7]
Goodnight, sweetheart, well, it's time to go.
[C] [C7] [F] [Fm7]
I hate to leave you, but I really must say, oh,
[C] [G6] [C] [C7]
goodnight, sweetheart, goodnight.
#2.
[F] [Dm7] [Fm7] [C]
Mother oh, and your father,
[F] [Dm7] [Fm7] [C]
might hear if I stay here too long.
[F] [Fm7] [A] [A7]
One kiss and we'll part..and I'll be going..
[F] [Dm7] [G7] [G]
you know I hate to go.
CHORUS:
[C] [Am7] [Dm7] [G7]
Goodnight, sweetheart, well, it's time to go.
[C] [Am7] [Dm7] [G7]
Goodnight, sweetheart, well, it's time to go.
[C] [C7] [F] [Fm7]
I hate to leave you, but I really must say, oh,
[C] [G6] [C]
goodnight, sweetheart, goodnight.
A fifties smash from Kraziekhat.