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Last month, I got a CD of the Shirelles greatest hits, and I listened to it for the first time to-day. Since it includes "Will You Love Me Tomorrow" (they did the original), I tried figuring out the Zombies' version. I got the chords and at least an approximation of the electric piano solo (although I kept the organ part underneath, unlike the recording). I'm not sure of the harmonies, so when the backing vocals' lyrics were the same as the lead vocals', I just sang them the same way (so because some parts are essentially quadruple-tracked [double-tracked lead vocals and double-tracked backing vocals] they're louder than I'd like).
I think Colin sings, "When I can feel the magic of your sighs" in the second verse (which I followed), but in the Shirelles' version, it's "Can I believe the magic of your sighs." He also goes straight to "Will you still love me tomorrow" as the last line of the first verse, but that form doesn't come until the second verse. The first is "But will you love me tomorrow." Also, he takes the "and" out of the line "So tell me now, and I won't ask again," which makes him seem more insistent as a singer/speaker than that in the Shirelles' version.
I think there might be some connection between "Will You Love Me Tomorrow" and "She Does Everything for Me." Both are mostly in A major with the prominent exception of a C# major. The Zombies recorded "Will You Love Me Tomorrow" for Saturday Club on 20 September 1965 (and it was broadcast on 2 October 1965), and "She Does Everything for Me" was recorded in May 1966, so chronologically it's possible that "Will You Love Me Tomorrow" influenced "She Does Everything for Me."
