You’re just too (C)good to be true,
can’t take my (Cmaj7)eyes off you.
You’d be like (C7)heav en to touch,
I wan na (F)hold you so much.
At long last (Fm)love has ar rived
and I thank (C)God I’m a live.
You’re just to (D)good to be true,
can’t take my (C)eyes off of you.
I love you (Dm)ba by and if it’s (G)quite al right, I need you (Em)ba by to warm the (Am)lone ly night.
I love you (Dm)ba by, (G)trust in me when I (C)say.
Oh, pret ty (Dm)ba by, don’t bring me (G)down I pray oh, pret ty (Em)ba by, now that I’ve (Am)found you stay and let me (Dm)love you
ba by, let me (G)love you.
This page shows “Can't Take My Eyes Off Of You” by Frankie Valli in our color-coded kid songbook view — every note is colored by pitch (red C, orange D, yellow E, green F, blue G, purple A, pink B) and the lyrics sit directly under each note, so children can sing along while they play. The song is in the key of C at 124 BPM, a slightly more challenging arrangement — practice each phrase slowly first.
This arrangement is a great workout for navigating a wide chord palette in the key of C — eleven chords means your right hand needs to shift shapes frequently, so start hands-separate and slower than the 124 BPM target. Pay special attention to the verse's descending inner voice through C, Cmaj7, and C7: that chromatic half-step motion in one finger while the rest of the chord holds still is the trickiest coordination here. Your left hand stays grounded with a pedal bass pattern, which is forgiving, but make sure it's rock-steady because it's the anchor when your right hand gets busy. The Fm chord will feel unfamiliar — isolated it and drill the transition from F to Fm until the flat third is automatic. Loop the build into the chorus a few times; that's where A and D land and the energy shifts. This is the song that'll make you genuinely comfortable with borrowed chords — once these click, you'll spot them everywhere.