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Trouble Is My Middle Name

Bobby Vinton

RockAdvanced for beginners11 chords

How to play it

Fingering diagrams for the shapes in this song. × = don't play, ○ = open string.

F
C×
BbmDiagram coming soon
BbDiagram coming soon
Dm××
Gm7Diagram coming soon
EbDiagram coming soon
Am×
A×
Em
G

Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

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              Trouble Is My Middle Name:Bobby Vinton. 
#7 AC and # 33 on BB Hot 100 on EPIC 
Records in 1962. 
 
Intro: F 
 
#1. 
F             C         Bbm         Bb 
Hello, little girl, goodbye, little girl. 
F                    Bb          C 
I'm not your kind of guy, little girl. 
F                  Dm          C 
I'll only make you cry, little girl. 
Gm7                                 C 
Trouble (Trouble, Trouble, Trouble, Trouble) 
      Eb     F    C 
is my middle name. 
 
#2. 
     F            C        Bbm           Bb 
Each kiss, little girl, is sweet, little girl. 
F                    Bb           C 
They sweep me off my feet, little girl. 
F                         Dm           C 
But no more will our lips meet, little girl. 
Gm7                                 C 
Trouble (Trouble, Trouble, Trouble, Trouble) 
             F......A 
is my middle name. 
 
Bridge: 
Dm  F           Am        Gm7      Bb     F 
I'm just a born wanderer, driftin' by one day. 
     A                     F 
Each place that I've been, heartbreak moved in.. 
    Bb   Em      G  A   C Dm 
so, I'll move on my way. 
 
#3. 
   F            C            Bbm          Bb 
In time, little girl, you'll find, little girl. 
F                     Bb           C 
That I've been really kind, little girl. 
    F                     Dm 
Not changing your name to mine, little girl. 
Bb                                  C 
Trouble (Trouble, Trouble, Trouble, Trouble) 
             F 
is my middle name. 
 
 
INTERLUDE: F Bbm F Bb C 
 
#4. 
    F                     Dm 
Not changing your name to mine, little girl. 
Bb                                  C 
Trouble (Trouble, Trouble, Trouble, Trouble) 
             F 
is my middle name. 
    Bb                                  C 
Oh, Trouble (Trouble, Trouble, Trouble, Trouble) 
             F 
is my middle name. 
 
OUTRO: 
    Bb                                  C 
Oh, Trouble (Trouble, Trouble, Trouble, Trouble) 
             F 
is my middle name...(Fade.) 
 
 
A sixties smash from Kraziekhat. 
          
 

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Chord set

F · C · Bbm · Bb · Dm · Gm7 · Eb · Am · A · Em · G

Practice tip

Loop the first two chords slowly until the change is clean, then add the rest.