Artist: Jesse Winchester (http://www.jessewinchester.com/index.html)
Song: Sham-a-ling-dong-ding
Capo: 2 fret
Vers 1: D-Bm7-Em7-A7-D-Em7,A7 (Em to A change walks up F#,G,A)
The boys were singing shing-a-ling ?
The summer night we met ?
You were tan and seventeen ?
O how could I forget
When every star from near and far
Was watching from above
Watching two teenagers fall in love ??
Vers 2: D-Bm7-Em7-A7-D-Em7,A7(Gm add9/D)
The way we danced was not a dance ?
But more a long embrace ?
We held on to each other and ?
We floated there in space
And I was shy to kiss you while ?
The whole wide world could see
So shing-a-ling said everything for me ??
Chorus 1: Em7,A7,D,Bm7,F#m7,Em7,A7Sus4,sus9
And O the poor old old folks ?
They thought we'd lost our minds
They could not make heads or tails
Of the young folks' funny rhymes ?
But you and I knew all the words ?
And we always sang along to ?
O sham-a-ling-dong-ding ?
Sham-a-ling-dang-dong
Vers 3: D-Bm7-Em7-A7-D-Em7,A7
So after years and after tears ?
And after summers past ?
The old folks tried to warn us
How our love would never last ?
And all we'd get was soaking wet ?
From walking in the rain ?
And singing sham-a-shing-a-ling again ??
Chorus 2: Em7,A7,D,Bm7,F#m7,Em7,A7Sus4,sus9
And O the poor old old folks
They smile and walk away ?
But I bet they did some ?
Sham-a-lama-ding-dong in their day ?
I bet that they still close their eyes ?
And I bet they sing along to ?
O sham-a-ling-dong-ding ?
Sham-a-ling-dang-dong
??
Bridge:
O those sweet old love songs
Every word rings true ?
Sham-a-ling-dong-ding means sweetheart ?
Sham-a-ling-dang-dong does too ?
Vers:
And it means that right here in my arms
That's where you belong
And it means sham-a-ling-dong-ding ?
Sham-a-ling-dang-dong