Bryan Johnson
Looking High High High Chords
2nd place for the UK in the 1960 Eurovision song contest.
Key change up 1/2 a tone at verse 4
Intro = C F G C C F G C
Verse 1
C F C
I once had a love and oh I loved her very dearly
F C D G
She told me she loved me so I thought she spoke sincerely
F C G
But one day away I found that she had flown
C F C G C
And off to find that love of mine I set a lone
Chorus
C F C G
Looking high high high looking low low low
C G
Wondering why why why did she go go go
C F
For if I I I don't find my love I know
C G C C F G C
I shall die die die 'cause I love her so
Verse 2
C F C
I journeyed across the sea I sought her with devotion
F C D G
Oh where she could really be I've not the slightest notion
F C G
But so bright the light of love within me shone
C F C G C
I knew full well what e'er befell I must go on
Chorus
C F C G
Looking high high high looking low low low
C G
Wondering why why why did she go go go
C F
For if I I I don't find my love I know
C G C C F G C
I shall die die die 'cause I love her so
Verse 3
C F C
Due east over desert sands due east where grass is greener
F C D G
I asked in a dozen lands but none had ever seen her
F C G
It was clear I fear my quest was all in vain
C F C G C
So I departed sad at heart for home a gain
Chorus
C F C G
Looking high high high looking low low low
C G
Wondering why why why did she go go go
C F
For if I I I don't find my love I know
C G C C F G C
I shall die die die 'cause I love her so
Key change up i/2 tone
Verse 4
C# F# C#
But when I arrived all brown and tanned by wind and weather
F# C# D# G#
You sure could have knocked me down with the proverbial feather
F# C# G#
She stood there so fair and sweetly she confessed
C# F# C# G# C#
That she'd been wrong and all along she'd loved me best
Chorus
C# F# C# G#
I'd looked high high high I'd looked low low low
C# G#
Wondering why why why did she go go go
C# F#
Now that I I I have found my love I know
C# G# C#
Till I die die die I will love her so
