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Sham-a-ling-dong-ding
Jesse Winchester
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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 

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-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 

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-dong



Bridge: Bm7-D-Bm7-Em7-A7
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: D-Bm7-Em7-A7
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
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