Chords for The Four Seasons - December, 1963 | Verhaal achter het nummer | Top 2000 a gogo

_ Sing along, you know it, and I know you do. _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ [G] _ _ [C] _ _
_ [F] _ _ [C] _ I could not get the piano thing [F] out of my head.
It went around, I couldn't finish it, I didn't know where to go with it,
I just couldn't pull it together, but I never [C#] dropped it
because I kept wanting to play it. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [F#] _ _ _ _ _ [E] We put a track down, you know, drums, bass, piano,
we put a track down, and the track was great.
[F] It was just one of those tracks [F#] that, infectious,
you put it in the pocket and you just [Em] listen to the opening 8 bars
[F#] and you want to hear the rest. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [C#] It had a nice groove, a nice [E] simple groove, everything was great,
we loved the track.
[B] But the song_
_ [N] It was a pretty goofy lyric, _ _ flappers flipping on the floor.
We looked at each other, the guys looked at each other,
there's no way we're going to sing this song.
_ [G] It was pretty embarrassing.
So we went to them, [D] we went to Frankie and Bob and Judy,
said there's no way, you've got to come up with something different
because we're not going to do this.
Frankie mentioned it, [C] Judy mentioned it,
a few other [F] people mentioned it, not too kindly,
and said, yeah, this is great, and I said, what the heck with it,
let's just drop it.
So it was a very serious moment, it [Fm] was tension,
_ [N] it wasn't like, ah, what do you know, no, no, no, it was for real.
And I got resistance, and _ I don't know, 24 hours or so,
Judy came up with a new lyric, [C#] and saved [F#] my ass.
Late [G#] December back in [C#] 63
[F#] _ What a very [C#] special time for [F#] me
As [C#] I remember what night
[F#] _ _ _ [G#] I had never written a lyric [F#] in my life,
nor would I ever think to write a lyric.
And then for some reason, I got in my head,
what must it be like for a guy's first experience?
And [C#] I just [F#] sat down and wrote it.
You know [Fm] I didn't [C#] _ [F#] mean
But I [Fm] _ _ [C#] _ was [F#] saying
What [G#] a lady you are
[C#] Every guy was going to remember that.
We liked it, we [D#m] sang it, and it was fun.
_ [F#] _ _
Even [A#m] when she _ walked
[G#] In the room
[D#m] She _ _ _ [F#] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [C#] _ _ _ [F#] _ _ [G#] _ _
_ _ _ [F#] _ _ [G#] was everything I dreamed she'd [F#] be
Sweet [G#] surrender
I loved it, [F#] I loved it.
So you were confident?
[G#] Although we did get [Bm] some letters from _ parents,
[C#] who were saying, you know, the Four Seasons were just such a good,
[G] solid, all-American group until that Judy Parker [D] comes along.
That's right, [Bm] I remember. _
Spiced it up a little.
_ _ [N] And started making lyrics that we don't want our children to hear.
And I thought, well, I'm a good girl [C#] too,
but I wrote it anyway,
because I don't see [N] anything wrong with that lyric.
It was an innocence, there was an innocence to the lyric.
And Jerry Polchi just happened to have that sound to his voice.
And at the [G] time, and I think he'd be the first to tell you,
he [F] wasn't an accomplished singer, he was a [F#] drummer, he was a great drummer.
No [D] one sang lead on a Four Seasons [G] record other than Frankie.
So yeah, I was, it was [E] a surprise.
It was a surprise to everybody.
[B] But it worked, I guess.
[G#] Well, that's the thing, so it was a surprise, but, you know,
[Em] it's just, you know, [E] the right time, right place, right song, [Em] right sound,
you know, [A#] worked for that tune.
[E] And that's probably part of Gaudio's genius, is that he heard [F#] that.
He said, yeah, we're going to go with this.
It [G#] takes so [C#] long to see [F#] the light _
[G#] Seems so [D#] right, it seems so [F#] right _
What a [G#] lay, what a lay
And he rose to it, and bingo,
just one of those great marriages of an innocent lyric and an innocent [G] voice.
When I sang [E] December, I was 23, [B] so, so kind of, [G] yeah,
I kind of could [Fm] relate a little bit, you know.
[G#] So the combination of his voice and Don Saccone, who [G] sang the bridge,
no, Frankie sang the bridge in the interim [A#] thing,
and then Frankie sang the bridge, it was just [D#] this,
[A#m] sounded like a coming of age, you know, within this [D#] lyric,
and [D#m] within the song.
_ _ [Fm] _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _
_ _ [G#] _ _ _ _ [C#] I'm [F#] only reminded of it [A#] by other people.
So what was [C] going on in December of 63?
What were you [Fm] doing?
I never thought about it.
[G#] I sang the thing, and every time, well, [C] what am I doing?
I guess I had a little [E] love affair or something going on,
[F] but I [C] didn't, you know, I didn't equate it at the time.
[F] _ [G] Do it, do it, do it more [C] water
Do it, [F] do it, do [G] it more [C] water _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _