What A Girl Cant Do

Hangmen Cause 'Swingalong'

FALLS CHURCH, Va. -- Jack Shaver, owner of Giant Record Shop, said

last week a mob of teen-agers turned out to hear The Hangmen (4) and

when police cleared the store because the crowd created a fire hazard a

near-riot ensued.

Shaver said browser bins and display cases were smashed and two girls

and a boy fainted during the chaos. He said damage was estimated at

$500.

Shaver said The Hangmen are from the nearby Washington area and are

local favorites. He said he had sold about 2,500 copies of their

single, 'What A Girl Can't Do', on Monument, and it was No. 1 on local

charts.

He said school was out that day because of snow and the store began

filling up at noon for the 4 p.m. show. He estimated 400 'were jammed

and packed' inside and some 1,500 were outside.

Shaver said traffic was snarled, police came, declared the gathering a

fire hazard and began clearing the store. He said The Hangmen had been

playing 15 minutes at the time and it took half an hour to disperse the

crowd.

Shaver said he had had record stars perform at his store before,

including Johnny Rivers, Johnny Tillotson, Peter and Gordon, and Ramsey

Lewis, 'but they never created anything like this.'

He said he did not have insurance to cover the loss.

"What A Girl Can't Do"

(Tom Guernsey)

[drum beat, 2 bars]

[guitars and bass, 4X; (strum only where symbols appear)]

/ / / / / / / /

Verse 1:

Well, listen here, girl, I wanna talk to you, now

My friends say you been seein' somebody new

Say you been stabbin' me right in the back

A [N.C.]

Runnin' our love down a one-way track

No little girl of mine's gonna act like that

Well, I told you what a girl can't do

You should know by now that I was talkin' to you

I don't wanna have to tell you what a girl can't do

To me

Verse 2:

Well, I've been thinkin' 'bout it, girl, I won't tell you again, now

Cheatin' on me is the ultimate sin

I don't give a tinker's [dam], baby, what you do

I got a half a dozen women, baby, just like you

Ain't no woman gonna treat me the way that you do

Verse 3 (piano R.H. plays A5 in eighth notes during first three lines)

Well, do you think I care if you leave or stay

I couldn't care less, that's the way I'm made

I ain't gonna cry if you leave me flat

'Cause there ain't no woman that's worth all that

Baby, I hope you know just where you're at

-- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers