Hollies - Dear Eloise

dear eloise : the hollies .
1st track on the album – butterfly – 1967 .
released as a single in usa .

intro : D C ( x2 )
D C D C D C
dear eloise , i Am writing to say , a number of funny things
D
i heard today .
D C D C
i heard that he’s left you and run off to sea . .
D C D C D
could be the best thing that’s happened to me .

#1 .
D A G
writing a letter to make you feel better . . . sorry to
D
hear that he left you that way .
D A G D
i could’ve told you , he was much older . . . so much older than you .

#2 .
D A
you rushed in blindly . . . he treated you kindly ,
G D
until he found out what he could get from you .
D A
you should’ve departed , before he got started . .
G D
now you’ve been burned , just like i said you would .

chorus :
C D C D
please read my letter closely . . . it’s beneficial to you .
F# G A
must read in between the lines , a message you will see . .
F# G A A7
if you use your mind , you’ll find , i want you back with m . . E .

D A G D
ba ba ba ba ba . . ba ba ba ba ba . . ba ba ba ba ba . . ba ba ba .
D A G D
ba ba ba ba ba . . ba ba ba ba ba . . ba ba ba ba ba . . ba ba ba .

#3 .
D A G
writing a letter to make you feel better . . . sorry to
D
hear that he left you that way .
D A G D
i could’ve told you , he was much older . . . so much older than you . . .
G D G D
so much older than you . . . so much older than you .

outro :
D C D C D C
dear eloise , i Am writing to say , a number of funny things
D
i heard today .
D C D C
i heard that he’s left you and run off to sea . .
D C D C D
could be the best thing that’s happened to me .

a sixties smash from kraziekhat .