I Gotta Know

Bobby Vee

RockMedium for beginners5 chords

How to play it

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

Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

 
              Intro: G D 
 
#1. 
      G 
Well, get up in the mornin' feelin' kinda weak.. 
 
a-tossin' and a-turnin' cause I had ain't  
   G7 
no sleep. 
          C 
Oh, baby, what road's our love taking? 
(shoo-bee-doo-bee-wah) 
   G 
To romance or heartbreaking'?..(shoo-bee-doo- 
 
bee-wah) 
D 
Won't you say which way you're gonna go.. 
        G           C           G 
I gotta know, gotta know, gotta know. 
 
#2. 
G 
Nine and nine make thirty, four and four  
 
make nine. 
 
The clock is strikin' thirteen I think I lost  
   G7 
my mind. 
              C 
Oh, well it's gettin' aggravatin'..(shoo-bee-doo- 
 
bee-wah) 
    G 
how long can I keep waitin'?..(shoo-bee-doo-bee-wah) 
 
D 
Won't you say which way you're gonna go.. 
        G           C           G 
I gotta know, gotta know, gotta know. 
 
Bridge:
 
C              G              C 
Oh, how much I need you, have pity on this heart  
   G 
of mine. 
      C               G                  A 
Well, if you need and want me, too, I'll be your one  
                  D 
and only till the end of time. 
 
#3. 
G 
Saw the fortune teller, had my fortune read. 
                                                   G7 
She sent me to the doctor, who sent me straight to bed. 
             C 
He said, I'm lonesome and I'm lovesick..(shoo-bee-doo- 
 
bee-wah) 
     G 
I've got my mind on lipstick..(shoo-bee-doo-bee-wah) 
D 
Will you kiss away my care and woe?.. 
        G           C           G 
I gotta know, gotta know, gotta know. 
 
Bridge:
 
C              G              C 
Oh, how much I need you, have pity on this heart  
   G 
of mine. 
      C               G                  A 
Well, if you need and want me, too, I'll be your one  
                  D 
and only till the end of time. 
 
#4. 
G 
Saw the fortune teller, had my fortune read. 
                                                   G7 
She sent me to the doctor, who sent me straight to bed. 
             C 
He said, I'm lonesome and I'm lovesick..(shoo-bee-doo- 
 
bee-wah) 
     G 
I've got my mind on lipstick..(shoo-bee-doo-bee-wah) 
D 
Will you kiss away my care and woe?.. 
        G           C           G 
I gotta know, gotta know, gotta know. 
 
 
OUTRO: 
        G           C           G 
I gotta know, gotta know, gotta know. 
        G           C           G 
I gotta know, gotta know, gotta know. 
        G           C           G 
I gotta know, gotta know, gotta know..(Fade.)

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Chord set

G · D · G7 · C · A

Practice tip

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