This one hit the Billboard charts in 1959
and was a big hit. It was the B-Side of his
#1 hit, The Battle Of New Orleans. Lobo
recorded it 1973 with not much success.
#1.(Capo 2nd fret for original.)
[C]Well, today I'm so weary.
[F]Today, I'm so [C]blue.
[F]Sad and broken [C]hearted.
And it's [G7]all because of you.
( Tab from: http://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/j/johnny_horton/all_for_the_love_of_a_girl_crd.html )
#2.
[C]Life was so sweet girl.
[F]Life was a [C]song.
But, [F]now you've gone and [C]left me.
Tell me, [G7]where did I go [C]wrong?
CHORUS:
[C]And it's all for the love,
of a [F]dear little [C]girl.
[C]All for the love,
that sets my [G7]heart in a whirl.
I'm a [C]man who'd give his life,
And the [F]joys of this [C]world.
All, for the [G7]love, of a [C]girl.
CHORUS:
A fifties smash from Kraziekhat.
and was a big hit. It was the B-Side of his
#1 hit, The Battle Of New Orleans. Lobo
recorded it 1973 with not much success.
#1.(Capo 2nd fret for original.)
[C]Well, today I'm so weary.
[F]Today, I'm so [C]blue.
[F]Sad and broken [C]hearted.
And it's [G7]all because of you.
( Tab from: http://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/j/johnny_horton/all_for_the_love_of_a_girl_crd.html )
#2.
[C]Life was so sweet girl.
[F]Life was a [C]song.
But, [F]now you've gone and [C]left me.
Tell me, [G7]where did I go [C]wrong?
CHORUS:
[C]And it's all for the love,
of a [F]dear little [C]girl.
[C]All for the love,
that sets my [G7]heart in a whirl.
I'm a [C]man who'd give his life,
And the [F]joys of this [C]world.
All, for the [G7]love, of a [C]girl.
CHORUS:
A fifties smash from Kraziekhat.
