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Doin' The Best I Can

(Doc Pomus - Mort Shuman)


Copyright Elvis Presley Music Inc.


Soundtrack recording for Paramount - G.I. Blues - April 27-28, 1960 - RCA Studios - Hollywood

April 27 - 9 am-2 pm, 3-8 pm

Studio matrix: DO-13 - RCA matrix: L2PB 3688-13
November 1960 LP G.I. Blues - RCA LSP 2256
With count-in: March 2011 CD MRS 10027460 G.I. Blues The Cafe Europa Sessions
Outtakes:
Takes 1 (fs), 2 (lfs), 4 (fs), 5 (fs), 6 (fs), 7 (lfs) and 8 (fs): March 2011 CD MRS 10027460 G.I. Blues The Cafe Europa Sessions
Take 3: November 5, 2001 CD RCA 07863-66050-2 FTD Silver Screen Stereo
Take 9: May 05, 1997 CD RCA 07863 67460 2 GI Blues Collector's Edition
Take 9: 1982 EP RCA UK EP-2 The E.P. Collection Vol. 2 A Special Limited Edition (UK release) EP N° 10 G.I. Blues The Alternate Takes Vol 2 RCA RCX 2
Takes 10 (fs), 11 (fs) and 12: July 1, 2003 CD RCA BMG 82876 50537-2 Close Up





I gave my heart
I gave my love
Oh ho, my darling
I am true
Doin' the best
The best I can
(the best I can)
But it's not good enough for you
(for you)
I tried so hard
So hard to please
Oh ho, my darling
What more can I do
Doin' the best
The best I can
(the best I can)
But it's not good enough for you
(for you)
You know I was the kind who'd run
Any time you'd call
I guess I was the only one
Who didn't mind at all
I'll be a dreamer
I'll be a fool
Oh ho, my darling
My whole life through
Doin' the best
The best I can
(the best I can)
But it's not good enough for you
(for you)
You know I was the kind who'd run
Any time you'd call
I guess I was the only one
Who didn't mind at all
I'll be a dreamer
I'll be a fool
Oh ho, my darling
My whole life through
Doin' the best
The best I can
(the best I can)
But it's not good enough for you
But it's not good enough for you





       g                                 g7
I gave my heart, I gave my love
          c                g
Oh ho, my darling I am true
                d                     g
Doin' the best  the best I can
                    d                         g
But it's not good enough for you
I tried so hard, so hard to please
Oh ho, my darling, what more can I do
Doin' the best , the best I can
But it's not good enough for you
        dm
You know I was the kind who'd run
e
Any time you'd call
em                         a
I guess I was the only one
          d
Who didn't mind at all
I'll be a dreamer, I'll be a fool
Oh ho, my darling, my whole life through
Doin' the best 
The best I can
But it's not good enough for you

You know I was the kind who'd run
Any time you'd call
I guess I was the only one
Who didn't mind at all
I'll be a dreamer
I'll be a fool
Oh ho, my darling
My whole life through
Doin' the best 
The best I can
But it's not good enough for you
But it's not good enough for you