Teddy & The Pandas

Teddy & The Pandas - We Cant Go On guitar tab

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Not every Boston band of the 60's specialized in demented raveups - Teddy

and the Pandas (actually from nearby Beverly) just missed hitting the Hot

100 in September, 1966 with this wistful ballad:

"We Can't Go On This Way"

(Stone)

Intro:

acoustic guitar 1 [4X]:

(E)

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^^^^^ omit pulloff/slide first time

acoustic guitar 2 [enters 3rd time]:

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Verse 1:

E

Sugar is sweet but you're much sweeter

B7

Flowers are pretty, but you're even prettier

E A D

Your love is warmer than a summer day

B A6 E A6 E [1: B]

But you're so young and we can't go on this way (oh no)

Verse 2:

You're the fruit of the tree in the Garden of Eden

I should keep away but I feel the need, and

My love goes stronger every day

But you're so young and we can't go on this way (oh no)

Bridge:

acoustic guitar fill:

F#m

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F#m [N.C.] E

It hurts to part with you now

F#m [N.C.] E

But our love's the kind they don't allow

C#m F#m

So don't hold on, soon I'll be gone

B7

But I'll always remember

Verse 3:

Sugar is sweet but you're much sweeter

Flowers are pretty, but you're even prettier

And how I wish that I-I could stay [4: to coda]

But you're so young and we can't go on this way (oh no)

[repeat chorus; replace first two lines with melody on celeste]

[repeat verse 3]

Coda:

B A6 E

But you're so young and we can't go on this way

(sugar is sweet)

B A6 E

But you're so young and we can't go on this way

(flowers are pretty)

B A6 [N.C.] E

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But you're so young and we can't go on this way

-- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers

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