Jesse Winchester – Sham-a-ling-dong-ding chords
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Artist: Jesse Winchester (http://www.jessewinchester.com/index.html) Song: Sham-a-ling-dong-ding Capo: 2 fretVers 1: D-Bm7-Em7-A7-D-Em7,A7 (Em to A change walks up F#,G,A)The boys were singing shing-a-lingThe 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 loveVers 2: D-Bm7-Em7-A7-D-Em7,A7(Gm add9/D)The way we danced was not a danceBut 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 D-Bm7-Em7-A7 But you and I knew all the words And we always sang along to O sham-a-ling-dong-ding Sham-a-ling-dang-dongVers 3: D-Bm7-Em7-A7-D-Em7,A7So after years and after tearsAnd 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 D-Bm7-Em7-A7 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-dongBridge: Bm7-D-Bm7-Em7-A7O those sweet old love songsEvery word rings true Sham-a-ling-dong-ding means sweetheart Sham-a-ling-dang-dong does tooVers: D-Bm7-Em7-A7And it means that right here in my armsThat's where you belong And it means sham-a-ling-dong-ding Sham-a-ling-dang-dong