Tell Me You're Mine

Title: Tell Me You're Mine
Tempo: Upbeat, driving 4/4
Style: 1963–1964 Cavern Club beat / jangle pop
(Intro)
(Bright electric guitar riff, followed by a drum roll and two snare cracks)
One, two, three, four!
(Verse 1)
I saw you standing on the corner of the street,
My heart skipped a beat, oh yeah!
You turned around and looked right into my eyes,
Took me completely by surprise.
(Chorus)
So tell me you’re mine, yeah! (Tell me you’re mine)
Don’t waste any time, no! (Waste any time)
Come on, say that you love me too,
‘Cause nobody’s gonna love you like I do!
(Yeah, yeah, yeah!)
(Verse 2)
My mates all tell me that I’m falling too fast,
They say this kind of love won’t last.
Well, let them talk and let them laugh all day long,
‘Cause when I’m holding you, nothing feels wrong.
(Chorus)
So tell me you’re mine, yeah! (Tell me you’re mine)
Don’t waste any time, no! (Waste any time)
Come on, say that you love me too,
‘Cause nobody’s gonna love you like I do!
(Middle Eight / Bridge)
(Shift to minor key, bassline walking up, vocal harmony on top)
Every single night before I close my eyes,
I see you walking down the lane.
And if you ever tell me that you’re saying goodbye,
My poor heart would break with the pain!
(Drum fill)
Ooooh, yeah!
(Guitar Solo)
(Short, twangy, melodic 8-bar guitar break full of double-stops, accompanied by steady rhythm handclaps)
(Verse 3)
So won’t you take my hand and tell me it’s true?
I want the whole wide world to know I love you!
(Chorus)
Tell me you’re mine, yeah! (Tell me you’re mine)
Don’t waste any time, no! (Waste any time)
Come on, say that you love me too,
‘Cause nobody’s gonna love you like I do!
(Outro)
Nobody like I do! (Yeah!)
Nobody like I do! (Oh, baby!)
Tell me you’re mine!
(Big vocal harmony chord hold / crashing cymbal / unresolved jazzy sixth chord ring-out)