{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1484563,"song":"Shang-A-Lang","artist":"The Doug Anthony All Stars","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11270277-shang-a-lang-chords-by-the-doug-anthony-all-stars/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1484563?type=chord","rating":0,"votes":0,"content":"[tab]          [ch]E[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch] [ch]E[/ch]\r\nLet's jerk, let's jump,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                              [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nLet's go into the river and a-humma-humma-hump[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]E[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch] [ch]E[/ch]\r\nYour tail, tail wag,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                              [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nLet's go into the kennel and shagga-shagga-shag[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]E[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nShangalang, shangalang[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]A[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nShangalang-dang-dang[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]        [ch]E[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch] [ch]E[/ch]\r\nYour spit, my spine[/tab]\r\n[tab]                              [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nGonna make me a holler with a full bodied wine[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]F#[/ch] [ch]E[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch] [ch]E[/ch]\r\nDon't bite, don't talk[/tab]\r\n[tab]                          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nLet's go into the sty and puppa-puppa-puppa-puppa[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]E[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nShangalang, shangalang[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]A[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nShangalang-dang-dang[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]E[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nShangalang, shangalang[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]A[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nShangalang-dang-dang[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]                            [ch]D[/ch] [ch]E[/ch]\r\nMy heart nailed to your door in a gesture of desire,[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThink I'll follow the path of the guanama,[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd set myself, set myself afire.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]              [ch]E[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch] [ch]E[/ch]\r\nYou got a match, gasoline[/tab]\r\n[tab]                       [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWhy do you treat me so ma-ma-ma-ma-mean[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]E[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]E[/ch]\r\nYou got a gun, got a bullet[/tab]\r\nGot a finger on the trigger\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nGonna pa-pa-pa-pull it[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]      [ch]E[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nShangalang, shangalang[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]A[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nShangalang-dang-dang[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]E[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nShangalang, shangalang[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]A[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nShangalang-dang-dang[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]Bass solo:\r\n|G-------------------------------------|\r\n|D-------------------------------------|\r\n|A-------------------------------------|\r\n|E-0-000-03000-00555555333333-|[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                                     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nGood intentions pave the road to hell,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nHigh ideals do the same.[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThink I'll follow the path of the guanama,[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]A[/ch]\r\nI'm gonna set myself, set myself aflame.[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]E[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nShangalang, shangalang[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]A[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nShangalang-dang-dang[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]E[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nShangalang, shangalang[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]A[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nShangalang-dang-dang[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]E[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nShangalang, shangalang[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]A[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nShangalang-dang-dang[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]E[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nShangalang, shangalang[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]A[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nShangalang-dang-dang[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]E[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nShangalang, shangalang[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]A[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nShangalang-dang-dang[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]E[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nShangalang, shangalang[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]A[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nShangalang-dang-dang[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]E[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nShangalang, shangalang[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]A[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nShangalang-dang-dang[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]E[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nShangalang, shangalang[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]A[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nShangalang-dang-dang[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]E[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nShangalang, shangalang[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]A[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nShangalang-dang-dang[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]E[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nShangalang, shangalang[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]A[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nShangalang-dang-dang[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]E[/ch]\r\nShangalang![/tab]\r\n\r\nOn the actual studio version, in the second verse (the \"Gonna make me holler\" bit), \r\nRicky doesn't actually\r\nplay any chords, but instead scratches his strings by running his pick or fingernail up \r\nand down the neck,\r\nprobably on the A and D strings. Also, for the first two \"Shang-a-lang\" repetitions in \r\nthe outro, the guitar\r\nis tacet. At the end of the third verse, he scratches it again. I think the F# chord in \r\nthe second verse was\r\nplayed in error.\r\n\r\nOn the studio version, all the chords played are power chords except for the A in the \r\nbit about the guanama,\r\nwhich is an Am chord. More properly, it is a B5 chord played on an acoustic\r\nguitar downtuned to DGCFAD, resulting in\r\nthe A sound.\r\n\r\n[tab]Here's the bass tab for the verses:\r\n|G----------------------------|\r\n|D----------------------------|\r\n|A---------------------333555-|\r\n|E-0-000-03000-00555555-------|[/tab]\r\n\r\nThe bass tab played during the Martin Luther King sample/solo is also played during the choruses and\r\nthroughout the outro.\r\n\r\nIf you're doing the song acoustically, you can just play the chord progression from the \r\nchorus during the MLK\r\nspeech.","plain_text":"Got a finger on the trigger\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nOn the actual studio version, in the second verse (the \"Gonna make me holler\" bit), \nRicky doesn't actually\nplay any chords, but instead scratches his strings by running his pick or fingernail up \nand down the neck,\nprobably on the A and D strings. Also, for the first two \"Shang-a-lang\" repetitions in \nthe outro, the guitar\nis tacet. At the end of the third verse, he scratches it again. I think the F# chord in \nthe second verse was\nplayed in error.\n\nOn the studio version, all the chords played are power chords except for the A in the \nbit about the guanama,\nwhich is an Am chord. More properly, it is a B5 chord played on an acoustic\nguitar downtuned to DGCFAD, resulting in\nthe A sound.\n\n\n\nThe bass tab played during the Martin Luther King sample/solo is also played during the choruses and\nthroughout the outro.\n\nIf you're doing the song acoustically, you can just play the chord progression from the \nchorus during the MLK\nspeech.","chords":["E","D","C","A","F#","G","F","Am"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]}}}