Saturday, August 6, 2022

"Don't Go Away"

Lately, I've been re-learning some parts that I'd forgotten and never wrote down.  Last night, I re-learned the chords for "Don't Go Away."  I posted about this in my Instagram stories along with a clip of the song, and I discovered something I'd never heard before tacked onto the end:  the Zombies dedicating a copy of "Remember You" to the winner of some sort of contest in Record Mirror.  I found the track on YouTube:


There's a brief note about this on the bottom of page 74 in Russo's Collector's Guide:  "A 'Remember You' UK acetate with a personalized message from The Zombies was issued as a Record Mirror prize in 1966.  Only one copy is known to exist."

Anyway, here are the chords for "Don't Go Away":

|: D major | C major | G major | A major :|

F# major | G major | A major | D major
F# major | G major | A major

|: D major | C major :|

|: G major | C major | A major | F major | D major :|
|: A major | G major :|
F major | G major

|: D major | C major :|

|: G major | C major | A major | F major | D major :|
|: A major | G major :|
F major | G major

|: D major | C major | G major | A major :|

F# major | G major | A major | D major
F# major | G major | A major

|: D major | C major :| D major

As always, there's the disclaimer that I may have something wrong.  Also, note that some parts of this are simplified; for instance, the repeated D major | C major section is more of a guitar figure, not just strummed chords.