Smokey Robinson amp The Miracles

Smokey Robinson amp The Miracles - I Don't Blame You At All lyrics

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Short instrumental intro:

Chorus:

SR: I don't blame you at all,

'Cause you played it coo-hool, no-woh-oh.

You don't owe me a thing,

'Cause I played the foo-hool.

Ah, no-no no no.

Verse 1:

SR: I'm only payin' the price,

For a trip I took to paradise.

'Cause I looked into a pair of eyes,

And what I thought was the look of lahhhh.../

GM: /The look of love,/

SR: /Uhhove./ GM: /The look of love.

SR: Was only All: hurt in disguise

Pause.

SR: Too bad I didn't realize./

GM: /Too bad, too bad, too bad.

SR: Oh, but don't apologize, no, 'cause...

Chorus, with slight style changes:

All: I don't blame you at all,

'Cause you played it coo-hool.

SR: I should'da did it myself.

All: You don't owe me a thing,

'Cause I played the foo-hool.

Oh-no no no no no.

Verse 2:

SR: I think it's pretty plain,

GM: Pretty plain.

All: Holdin' you would take a

SR: Ball and chain.

GM: Ball and chain.

All: Every bet I made

SR: Was all in vain,

'Cause what I thought was an ocean of lahhhh.../

GM: /Ocean of love/

SR: /Uhhove./ GM: /ocean of love.

SR: Was just a All: wee drop of rain.

Pause.

SR: Too bad that it couldn't rain./

GM: /Too bad, too bad, too bad.

SR: AW, but you don't have to explain.

GM: You don't have to explain.

SR: Aw, 'cause...

Chorus, with slight style changes:

All I SR: don't blame you at all,

'Cause you played it coo-hool.

I should'da did it myself.

All: You SR: don't owe me a All: thing,

SR: 'Cause I played the foo-hool/ GM: /fool.

All: Oh-no no no no no.

Chorus, with slight lyrics and style changes:

All: I don't blame you at all,

'Cause you played it coo-hool.

SR: But that's the thing to do.

All: You don't owe me a thing,

'Cause I played the foo-hool.

GM Oh-no no no no no./

SR: /I'm a fool for you, ah./

All: /Yeahhhhh.

SR: Oh, yeah, yeah.

Oh, ho-ho, hohhh.

Ooo-hoo.

Ooooooo.

Verse 3:

SR: I saaaaid, what I thought was sure to last,

GM: Was sure to last,

SR: To last,/ GM: /was sure to last.

SR: Was just a minute instead.

Pause.

SR: Too bad that I got misled,/

GM: /Too bad, too bad.

SR: Ah, but you don't have to hang your head.

GM: Don't have to hang your head.

SR: Aw, 'cause...

Chorus, with slight style changes:

All: I don't blame you at all,

SR: I should'da did it myself.

All: You don't owe me a thing,

'Cause I played the foo-hool.

Oh-no no no no no.

Verse 2, repeated:

SR: I think it's pretty plain,

GM: Pretty plain.

All: Holdin' you would take a

SR: Ball and chain.

GM: Ball and chain.

All: Every bet I made

SR: Was all in vain,

'Cause what I thought was an ocean of lahhhh.../

GM: /Ocean of love/

SR: /Uhhove./ GM: /ocean of love.

SR: Was just a All: wee drop of rain.

Pause.

SR: Too bad that it couldn't rain./

GM: /Too bad, too bad, too bad.

SR: AW, but you don't have to explain.

GM: You don't have to explain.

SR: Aw, 'cause...

Chorus, with slight style changes:

All: I SR: don't blame you at all,

'Cause you played it coo-hool.

I should'da did it myself.

All: You SR: don't owe me a All: thing,

SR: 'Cause I played the foo-hool/ GM: /fool.

All: Oh-no no no no no.

Chorus, with slight lyics and style changes:

All: I don't blame you at all,

'Cause you played it coo-hool.

SR: But that's the thing to do-ooo.

All: You don't owe me a thing,

'Cause I played the foo-hool.

GM: Oh-no no no no no./

SR: /I'm a fool for you, ah./

All: /Yeahhhhh.

SR: Oh, yeah, yeah.

Oh, ho-ho, hohhh.

Ooo-hoo.

Ooooooo.

Verse 3, repeated:

SR: I saaaaid, what I thought

Was sure to last,

GM: Was sure to last,

SR: To last,/ GM: /was sure to last.

SR: Was just a minute instead.

Pause.

SR: Too bad that I got misled,/

GM: /Too bad, too bad.

SR: Ah, but you don't have to hang your head.

GM: Don't have to hang your head.

SR: Aw, 'cause...

Chorus, with slight lyics and style changes:

All: I don't blame you at all,

'Cause you played it coo-hool.

SR: I should have did/ GM: /cool,/

SR: /It myself/ GM: /cool.

All: You don't owe me SR: no/ GM:/a thing,

All:'Cause I was a foo-hool.

Oh-no no no no no.

Outro:

All: I don't blame you at all,

'Cause you played it coo-hool.

SR: 'Cause that's the/ GM: /cool/

SR: /Thing to do/ GM: /cool.

Fade.

All: You don't owe me

SR: Some thing/ GM /a thing,

All: Aw, 'cause I was a foo-hool.

VOICE KEY:

Lyrics preceded with SR: denote solo by Smokey Robinson.

Lyrics preceded with GM: denote all the group members

sing without SR.

Lyrics preceded with All: denote everyone sings.

Lyrics separated by a slash(es) (/) mean the lyrics on opposite sides

of the slash(es) are sung simultaneously or overlap.

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