The Searchers - When You Walk In The Room (Jackie DeShannon) 135 bpm - 4/4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4XWQCLqab4o
* = play riff, once or twice
[Intro] (riff - 2 guitars, play which one you want)
[A]
e|---|-----------2-----|-0---------------|-----------2-----|-0---------------|
B|---|-----2---0-----2-|-----2-0---2-0---|-----2---0-----2-|-----2-0---2-0---|
G|---|-2-----2---------|-----------------|-2-----2---------|---------------2-| (hold last note over verse)
D|-2-|-----------4-----|-2-------------2-|-----------4-----|-2---------------|
A|---|-0---4-0-2-----4-|-----4-2---4-2---|-0---4-0-2-----4-|-----4-2---4-2-0-|
E|-0-|-----------------|---------------0-|-----------------|-----------------|
On the first line of the verses, miss out the first couple of notes of the riff, beginning on beat two.
Verse 1
[A] *
I can feel a new expression on my face
[A] [E]
I can feel a glowing sensation taking place
[D] [E] [A] [F#m]
I can hear the guitars playing lovely tu - nes
[D] [C#m] [E] [A]**
Every time that you, walk in the room
Verse 2
[A] *
I close my eyes for a second and pretend it's me you want
[A] [E]
Meanwhile I try to act so nonchalant
[D] [E] [A] [F#m]
I see a summer's night with a magic mo - on
[D] [C#m] [E] [A]*
Every time that you, walk in the room
Bridge
[D] [C#m] [E]
Baby, it's a dream come true
[D] [C#m] [E]
Walking right alongside of you
[A] [F#m]
Wish I could tell you how much I care
[B] [E] [E7]
But I only have the nerve to sta - re
Verse 3
[A] *
I can feel a something pounding in my brain
[A] [E]
Just any time that someone speaks your name
[D] [E] [A] [F#m]
Trumpets sound and I hear thunder bo - om
[D] [C#m] [E] [A]*
Every time that you, walk in the room
[D] [C#m] [E] [A]**
Every time that you, walk in the room
End by playing the riff twice (as first 2 bars of intro), ending on a held A note or chord.
Correction by: André H. Hofman, 2019-08-02
