My Ding-a-Ling
Tom: D
D G
1. When I was a little biddy boy
A D
my grandmother bought me a cute little toy.
D G
Silver bells hanging on a string,
A D
she told me it was my ding-a-ling-a-ling
D G
My ding-a-ling, my ding-a-ling,
A D
won't you play with my ding-a-ling.
G
My ding-a-ling, my ding-a-ling,
A D
won't you play with my ding-a-ling.
D G
2. And then mama took me to grammar school,
A D
but I stopped off in the vestibule,
G
Ev'rytime that bell would ring
A D
catch me playing with my ding-a-ling. + REFRAIN
D G
3. Once I was climbing the garden walls,
A D
I slipped and had a terrible fall.
D G
I fell so hard I heard bells ring,
A D
but held on to my ding-a-ling
D G
3. Once I was swimming cross turtle creek,
A D
man, them snappers all around my feet.
D G
Sure was hard swimming cross that thing,
A D
with both hands holding my ding-a-ling-a-ling. + REFRAIN
D G
5. Now this here song it ain't so sad,
A D
the cuttest little song that you ever had.
D G
Those of you who will not sing,
A D
you must be playing with your own ding-a-ling. + REFRAIN
D G
6. Oh, your ding-a-ling, your ding-a-ling,
A D
we saw you playing with your ding-a-ling.
G
Oh, my ding-a-ling, ev'rybody sing,
A D
I want to play with my ding-a-ling.
D G
My ding-a-ling, my ding-a-ling,
A D
won't you play with my ding-a-ling.
Carol
Tom: D
Intro: A - D - A - A7
D A
Oh Carol, don't let him steal your heart away,
E D A - E
I'm gonna learn to dance if it takes me all night and day.
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1. Come into my machine so we can cruise on out,
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I know a swinging little joint where we can jump and shout.
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It's not too far back on the highway, not too long a ride,
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you park your car in the open, you can walk inside.
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A little cutie takes your hat and you can thank her ma'm,
A
'cause every time you make the scene, the joint is jammed.
+ REFRAIN + Instr. = REFRAIN
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2. Well if you wanna hear some music like the boys are playin',
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hold tight, tap your foot, don't let it carry you away.
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Don't let the heat overcome you when they play so loud,
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why, the music will treat you when they get a crowd,
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Well, you can dance, I know you would, you could,
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I got my eyes on you baby 'cause you dance so good.
+ REFRAIN .....
Almost Grown
Tom: D
D7 G
Yeah 'n' I'm doin' all right in school.
G
They ain't said I broke no rule.
G C
I ant never been in Dutch.
C G
I don't browse around too much
Chorus:
G D
Don't bother me, leave me alone
D G
Anyway I'm almost grown
D7 G
I don't run around with no mob.
G
Got myself a little job
G C
I'm gonna buy me a little car,
C G
Drive my girl in the park
**Chorus
**Instrumental
D7 G
Got my eye on a little girl.
G
Ah, she's really out of this world.
G C
When I take her to the dance,
C G
She's got to talk about romance.
**Chorus
**Instrumental:
D7 G
You know I'm still livin' in town.
G
But I done married and settled down.
G C
Now I really have a ball
C G
So I don't browse around at all
Around And Around
Tom: B
B
They say the joint was rockin'
B
A goin' 'round and round
E B
Yeah reelin' and a rockin' what a crazy sound
F# B
Well they never stopped rockin' till the moon went down
B
Oh it sounds so sweet I gotta take me a chance
E B
Rose out of my seat just had to dance
F# B
Started movin' my feet well a clappin' my hands
B
Well the joint started
Chorus:
B
Rockin' Going 'Round and around
E B
Yeah reelin' and a rockin' what a crazy sound
F# B
A well they never stopped rockin' till the moon went down
**Guitar Solo: B, E9, B , F#, B, E, B, F#, B (12 Bars)
**Guitar Solo Chords Only: (12 Bars)
B
Twelve o'clock
B
Well the place as packed
E
Front doors was locked
B
Well the place was packed
F#
When the police knocked
B
Both doors flew back
B
But they kept on a ....
**Chorus
B
Oh they kept on a....
**Chorus
B
They say the joint was rockin'
B
A goin' 'round and round
E B
Yeah reelin' and a rockin' what a crazy sound
F# B
Well they never stopped rockin' till the moon went down
Brown Eyed Handsome Man
Tom: E
E
Arrested on charges of unemployment,
E
He was sitting in the witness stand
A
The judge's wife called up the district attorney
B E
Said you free that brown eyed man
E D E
You want your job you better free that brown eyed man
E
Flying across the desert in a TWA,
E
I saw a woman walking across the sand
A
She been a-walkin' thirty miles en route to Bombay.
B E
To get a brown eyed handsome man
E D E
Her destination was a brown eyed handsome man
E
Way back in history three thousand years
E
Back every since the world began
A
There's been a whole lot of good women shed a tear
B E
For a brown eyed handsome man
E D E
That's what the trouble was brown eyed handsome man
**Guitar Break
E
Beautiful daughter couldn't make up her mind
E
Between a doctor and a lawyer man
A
Her mother told her daughter go out and find yourself
B E
A brown eyed handsome man
E D E
That's what your daddy is a brown eyed handsome man
E
Milo Venus was a beautiful lass
E
She had the world in the palm of her hand
A
But she lost both her arms in a wrestling match
B E
To get brown eyed handsome man
E D E
She fought and won herself a brown eyed handsome man
**Guitar Break
E
Two, three count with nobody on
E
He hit a high fly into the stand
A
Rounding third he was headed for home
B E
It was a brown eyed handsome man
E D E
That won the game; it was a brown eyed handsome man
Come On
Tom: E
Intro:
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E A
Everything is wrong since me and my baby parted
E A
All day long I'm walkin' 'cause I couldn't get my car started
E A
Laid off from job and I can't afford to check it
E A
I wish somebody'd come along and run in to it and wreck it
E A E
Come on, Since my baby parted, Come on
E A E
I can't get started, Come on
E A
I can't afford to check it
E A
I wish somebody'd come along and run into it and wreck it
E A
Everything is wrong since I been without you
E A
Every night I lay awake thinkin' about you
E A
Everytime the phone rings sounds like thunder
E A
Some stupid jerk tryin' to reach another number
E A E
Come on, since I been without you, Come on
E A E
Steady thinkin' 'bout you, Come on
E A
Phone sounds like thunder
E A
Some stupid jerk tryin' to reach another number
**Solo
E A
Everything is wrong since I last saw you baby
E A
I really want to see you and I don't mean maybe
E A
I'm doin' everything tryin' to make you see
E A
That I belong to you honey and you belong to me
E A E
So come on, I wanna see you baby, Come on
E A E
I don't mean maybe, Come on
E A E A
I'm tryin' to make you see that I belong to you and you belong to me
E
Come on
Johnny B. Goode
Tom: A
A
Deep down in Louisiana, close to New Orleans,
A
Way back up in the woods among the evergreens,
D
There stood a log cabin made of earth and wood
A
Where lived a country boy named Johnny B. Goode
E
Who never ever learned to read or write so well,
A
But he could play the guitar just like a ringin' a bell.
Chorus:
A
Go! Go! Go, Johnny, go! Go!
D
Go, Johnny, go! Go!
A
Go, Johnny, go! Go!
A E
Go, Johnny, go! Go! Johnny B. Goode
A
He used to carry his guitar in a gunny sack,
A
Go sit beneath the tree by the railroad track.
D
Old engineers would see him sittin' in the shade,
A
Strummin' with the rhythm that the drivers made.
E
When people passed him by they would stop and say,
A
'Oh, my but that little country boy could play'
**Chorus
A
His mother told him, 'someday you will be a man,
A
You will be the leader of a big ol' band.
D
Many people comin' from miles around
A
Will hear you play your music when the sun go down.
E
Maybe someday your name'll be in lights,
A
Sayin' 'Johnny B. Goode tonight''
**Chorus
Maybellene
Tom: A
Intro: A
Chorus:
A
Maybellene, why can't you be true
D7 A
Oh, Maybellene, why can't you be true
E7 D7 A
You've started back doin' the things you used to do
A
As I was motivatin' over the hill
A
I saw Maybellene in a Coupe de Ville
A
Cadillac rollin' on the open road
A
Nothin' outruns my V-8 Ford
A
Cadillac doin' 'bout 95
A
Bumper-to-bumper, rollin' side by side
**Chorus
A
Cadillac rolled up ahead of the Ford
A
The Ford got hot, wouldn't do no more
A
It soon got cloudy and it started to rain
A
I tooted my horn for the passing lane
A
Rain was pourin' under my hood
A
I knew that was doin' my motor good
**Chorus
Instrumental: A D7 A E7 D7 A
**Chorus
A
Motor cooled down, the heat went down
A
That's when I heard that highway sound
A
The Cadillac sittin' like a ton of lead
A
110 half a mile ahead
A
The Cadillac looked like it was sittin' still
A
I caught Maybellene at the top of the hill
**Chorus
Memphis, Tennessee
Tom: D
Intro: G
D
Long-distance information, get me Memphis, Tennessee
D
Help me find the party who tried to get in touch with me
G
She could not leave her number, but I know who placed the call
D7 G
'Cause my uncle took a message and he wrote it on the wall
D
Help me, information, get in touch with my Marie
D
She's the only one who called me here from Memphis, Tennessee
G
Her home is on the south side, high upon the ridge
D7 G
Just a half a mile from the Mississippi bridge
Instrumental: D D G D7 G
D
Help me, information, more than that I cannot add
D
Only that I miss her and all the fun we had
G
But we were pulled apart because her mom would not agree
D7 G
Tore apart our happy home in Memphis, Tennessee
D
Last time I saw Marie, she was wavin' me goodbye
D
With hurry-home drops on her cheeks that trickled from her eyes
G
Marie is only 6 years old; information please
D7 G
Try to put me through to her in Memphis, Tennessee
Nadine
Tom:A
A
I got on a city bus and found a vacant seat,
A
Thought I saw my future bride walking up the street,
B9
I shouted to the driver hey conductor, you must slow down.
A
I think I see her please let me off this bus
Chorus:
A A B9 A E7
Nadine, honey is that you. Oh, Nadine. Honey, is that you? Seems like every
A
time I see you Darling you got something else to do
**Chorus
A
Downtown searching for her, looking all around. Saw her getting in a yellow
B9
cab heading up town. I caught a loaded taxi, paid up everybody's tab. With a
A
twenty dollar bill, told him 'catch that yellow cab.'
**Chorus
A
She move around like a wave of summer breeze, go, driver, go, go, catch her
B9
balmy breeze. Moving thru the traffic like a mounted cavalier. Leaning out
A
the taxi window trying to make her hear.
**Chorus
No Particular Place To Go
Tom: G
Intro: D+
G
Riding along in my automobile
G
My baby beside me at the wheel
C
I stole a kiss at the turn of a mile
G
My curiosity running wild
D
Cruisin' and playin' the radio
G
With no particular place to go
G
Riding along in my automobile
G
I's anxious to tell her the way I feel
C
So I told her softly and sincere
G
And she leaned and whispered in my ear
D
Cuddlin' more and drivin' slow
G
With no particular place to go
Guitar Solo: G, C, G, D, C, G ( 12 Bars)
G
No particular place to go
G
So we parked way out on ko-ko-mo
C
The night was young and the moon was gold
G
So we both decided to take a stroll
D
Can you image the way I felt
G
I couldn't unfasten her safety belt
G
Riding along in my calaboose
G
Still trying to get her belt a-loose
C
All the way home I held a grudge
G
For the safety belt that wouldn't budge
D
Cruisin' and playing the radio
G
With no particular place to go
Guitar Solo: (12 Bars) G
Rock 'N' Roll Music
Tom: A
A7
Just let me hear some of that...
Chorus:
D
Rock and roll music
D
Any old way you choose it
G
It's got a back beat, you can't lose it
D
Any old time you use it
A7
It's gotta be rock and roll music
D
If you wanna dance with me
A7 D
If you wanna dance with me
A
I have no kick against modern jazz
A7 D
Unless you try to play it too darn fast
G
I lose the beauty of a melody
A7
Until it sounds just like a symphony
A7
That's why I go for that...
**Chorus
A
I took my love on over 'cross the tracks
A7 D
So she could hear a man a-wailin' sax
G
I must admit they had a rockin' band
A7
And they were blowin' like a hurrican'
A7
That's why I go for that...
**Chorus
A
Way down south they gave a jubilee
A7 D
And Georgia folks, they had a jamboree
G
They're drinkin' home brew from a wooden cup
A7
The folks dancin' got all shook up
A7
And started playin' that...
**Chorus
A
Don't get to hear 'em play a tango
A7 D
I'm in no mood to take a mambo
G
It's way too early for the congo
A7
So keep on rockin' that piano
A7
So I can hear some of that...
**Chorus
Roll Over Beethoven
Tom: E
E
I'm gonna write a little letter,
E
Gonna mail it to my local DJ.
A
It's a rockin' rhythm record
E
I want my jockey to play.
B E
Roll over Beethoven, I gotta hear it again today.
E
You know, my temperature's risin'
E
And the jukebox blows a fuse.
A
My heart's beatin' rhythm
E
And my soul keeps on singin' the blues.
B E
Roll over Beethoven and tell Tchaikovsky the news.
E
I got the rockin' pneumonia,
E
I need a shot of rhythm and blues.
A
I think I'm rollin' arthritis
E
Sittin' down by the rhythm review.
B E
Roll over Beethoven rockin' in two by two.
Bridge:
E
Well, if you feel you like it
E
Go get your lover, then reel and rock it.
E A
Roll it over and move on up just
A E
A trifle further and reel and rock it, roll it over,
E B
Roll over Beethoven rockin' in two by two.
E
Well, early in the mornin' I'm a-givin' you a warnin'
E
Don't you step on my blue suede shoes.
A
Hey diddle diddle, I am playin' my fiddle,
E
Ain't got nothin' to lose.
B E
Roll over Beethoven and tell Tchaikovsky the news.
E
You know she wiggles like a glow worm,
E
Dance like a spinnin' top.
A
She got a crazy partner,
E
Oughta see 'em reel and rock.
B E
Long as she got a dime the music will never stop.
E
Roll over Beethoven,
E
Roll over Beethoven,
A
Roll over Beethoven,
E
Roll over Beethoven,
B E
Roll over Beethoven and dig these rhythm and blues.
School Day
Tom: G
G
Up in the mornin' and off to school
G
The teacher is teachin' the golden rule
C
American hist'ry and practical math
G
You're studyin' hard, hopin' to pass
D
Workin' your fingers right down to the bone
C7 G
And the guy behind you won't leave you alone
G
Ring ring, goes the bell
G
The cook in the lunchroom's ready to sell
C
You're lucky if you can find a seat
G
You're fortunate if you have time to eat
D
Back in the classroom, open your books
C7 G
Bet the teacher don't know how mean she looks
G
Soon as 3:00 rolls around
G
You finally lay your burden down
C
Close up your books, get out of your seat
G
Down the halls and into the street
D
Up through the corner and round the bend
C7 G
Right to the juke joint you go in
G
Drop the coin right into the slot
G
You gotta hear somethin' that's really hot
C
With the one you love you're makin' romance
G
All day long you've been wantin' to dance
D
Feelin' the music from head to toe
C7 G
Round and round and round you go
Instrumental: G G C G D C7 G
G
Drop the coin right into the slot
G
You gotta hear somethin' that's really hot
C
With the one you love you're makin' romance
G
All day long you've been wantin' to dance
D
Feelin' the music from head to toe
C7 G
Round and round and round you go
G
Hail, hail, rock 'n' roll!
G
Deliver me from the days of old
C
Long live rock 'n' roll
G
The beat of the drums loud and bold
D
Rock, rock, rock 'n' roll
C7 G
The feelin' is there, body and soul
Sweet Little 16
Tom: G
Chorus 1:
G G7 C
They're really rockin' in Boston, Pittsburgh, PA
G G7 C
Deep in the heart of Texas and round the Frisco Bay
F C
All over St. Louis, way down in New Orleans
G G7 C
All the cats wanna dance with Sweet Little 16
G G7 C
Sweet Little 16, she's just got to have
G G7 C
About a half a million framed autographs
F C
Her wallet's filled with pictures; she gets them one by one
G G7 C
Becomes so excited; won't you look at her run, boy?
Bridge:
F C
"Oh Mommy, Mommy, please may I go?
G G7
It's such a sight to see; somebody steal the show
F C
Oh Daddy, Daddy, I beg you
G G7
Whisper to Mommy it's all right with you"
Chorus 2:
G G7 C
'Cause they'll be rockin' on the bandstand Philadelphia, PA
G G7 C
Deep in the heart of Texas and round the Frisco Bay
F C
All over St. Louis, way down in New Orleans
G G7 C
All the cats wanna dance with Sweet Little 16
Instrumental: G G7 C G G7 C F C G G7 C
Chorus 2:
G G7 C
'Cause they'll be rockin' on the bandstand Philadelphia, PA
G G7 C
Deep in the heart of Texas and round the Frisco Bay
F C
All over St. Louis, way down in New Orleans
G G7 C
All the cats wanna dance with Sweet Little 16
G G7 C
Sweet Little 16, she's got the grownup blues
G G7 C
Tight dresses and lipstick, she's sportin' high-heeled shoes
F C
Oh, but tomorrow mornin', she'll have to change her trend
G G7 C
And be sweet 16 and back in class again
Chorus 1:
G G7 C
But they'll be rockin' in Boston, Pittsburgh, PA
G G7 C
Deep in the heart of Texas and round the Frisco Bay
F C
All over St. Louis, way down in New Orleans
G G7 C
All the cats wanna dance with Sweet Little 16