{"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":1757078,"song":"Flash Bang Wallop","artist":"Tommy Steele","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11380494-flash-bang-wallop-chords-by-tommy-steele/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1757078?type=chord","rating":4.54391,"votes":7,"content":"From the 1963 musical Half a Sixpence but failed to chart in the UK.\r\nTwo key changes (which can be omitted for an easy sing along?).\r\n\r\n[Intro Vamp]\r\n[ch]G[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                                      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAll lined up in a wedding group 'ere we are for a photograph[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                                         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWe're all dressed up in a morning suit all trying not to laugh[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]A[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]A[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nSince the early caveman in his fur took a trip to Gretna Green[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]A[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]A[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThere's always been a photographer to record the 'appy scene[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\n'Old it flash bang wallop what a picture[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nClick! What a picture what a photograph[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nPoor old soul blimey what a joke[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHat blown off in a cloud of smoke[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]                       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nClap 'ands stamp yer feet bangin' on the big bass drum[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWhat a picture what a picture rum tiddly um pum pum pum pum[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nStick it in your fam'ly album[/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]G[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                                    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThe same thing 'appened long ago when man was in his prime[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                                            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd what went on we only know from the snaps he took at the time[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]A[/ch]                     [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]A[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWhen Adam and Eve in their birthday suit decided to get wed[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]A[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]                   [ch]A[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAs Adam was about to taste the fruit the man with the cam'ra said[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\n'Old it flash bang wallop what a picture[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nClick! What a picture what a photograph[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nPoor old Eve there with nothing on[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nFace all red and 'er fig leaf gone[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]                       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nClap 'ands stamp yer feet bangin' on the big bass drum [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWhat a picture what a picture rum tiddly um pum pum pum pum[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nStick it in your fam'ly album[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Key change up 1/2 tone]\r\n[ch]G[/ch]  [ch]D#[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G#[/ch]                                             [ch]D#[/ch]\r\nYou've read it in a folio or seen it in a Shakespeare play[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                                [ch]G#[/ch]\r\nHow Juliet fell for Romeo in the merry month of May[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]A#[/ch]                [ch]D#[/ch]              [ch]A#[/ch]             [ch]D#[/ch]\r\nAnd as 'e climbed the orchard wall to reach 'is lady fair[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A#[/ch]                  [ch]D#[/ch]                [ch]A#[/ch]                    [ch]D#[/ch]\r\nAs he tumbled she began to bawl as he travelled through the air[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]G#[/ch]\r\n'Old it flash bang wallop what a picture[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D#[/ch]                    [ch]G#[/ch]\r\nClick! What a picture what a photograph[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C#[/ch]              [ch]G#[/ch]\r\nPoor young chap what a night 'e spent[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A#[/ch]                      [ch]D#[/ch]\r\nTights all torn and 'is rapier bent[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G#[/ch]    [ch]D#[/ch]             [ch]G#[/ch]                      [ch]D#[/ch]\r\nClap 'ands stamp yer feet bangin' on the big bass drum[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G#[/ch]             [ch]C#[/ch]             [ch]G#[/ch]                [ch]C#[/ch]\r\nWhat a picture what a picture rum tiddly um pum pum pum pum[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D#[/ch]                        [ch]G#[/ch]\r\nStick it in your fam'ly album[/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]G#[/ch]  [ch]Cm[/ch]  [ch]Bm[/ch]  [ch]D#[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G#[/ch]                                                  [ch]D#[/ch]\r\nKing 'Enry the Eighth had several wives including Anne Boleyn[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                                          [ch]G#[/ch]\r\nAnd he kept an album of their lives with all their photos in[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]A#[/ch]              [ch]D#[/ch]                   [ch]A#[/ch]               [ch]D#[/ch]\r\nAs Anne Boleyn was on her knees dressed in her very best frock[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]A#[/ch]            [ch]D#[/ch]                       [ch]A#[/ch]                  [ch]D#[/ch]\r\nKing 'Enry shouted smile dear please as 'er 'ead rolled off the block[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]G#[/ch]\r\n'Old it flash bang wallop what a picture[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D#[/ch]                    [ch]G#[/ch]\r\nClick! What a picture what a photograph[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C#[/ch]              [ch]G#[/ch]\r\nComes the print in a little while[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A#[/ch]                    [ch]D#[/ch]\r\nLost 'er 'ead but she kept 'er smile[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G#[/ch]    [ch]D#[/ch]             [ch]G#[/ch]                      [ch]D#[/ch]\r\nClap 'ands stamp yer feet bangin' on the big bass drum[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G#[/ch]             [ch]C#[/ch]             [ch]G#[/ch]                [ch]C#[/ch]\r\nWhat a picture what a picture rum tiddly um pum pum pum pum[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D#[/ch]                        [ch]G#[/ch]\r\nStick it in your fam'ly album[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Key change up 1/2 tone]\r\n[ch]G#[/ch]  [ch]E[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 5]\r\n[tab]     [ch]A[/ch]                                                     [ch]E[/ch]\r\nWhen Napoleon married Josephine there was just the same to do[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                                             [ch]A[/ch]\r\nHe galloped home from the battle scene all the way from Waterloo[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]B[/ch]               [ch]E[/ch]                    [ch]B[/ch]                 [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAnd as he came from orf 'is 'orse to the boudoir where she sat[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]B[/ch]              [ch]E[/ch]                      [ch]B[/ch]                      [ch]E[/ch]\r\nShe said to 'im in French of course as he took of his big cocked 'at[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\n'Old it flash bang wallop what a picture[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                     [ch]A[/ch]\r\nClick! What a picture what a photograph[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThere she was with a big Hussar[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]B[/ch]                    [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAll caught up in 'er oo la la[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]A[/ch]     [ch]E[/ch]              [ch]A[/ch]                       [ch]E[/ch]\r\nClap 'ands stamp yer feet bangin' on the big bass drum[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]A[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWhat a picture what a picture rum tiddly um pum pum pum pum[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                       [ch]E[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch]\r\nStick it in your fam'ly al-bum[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nStick it in your fam'ly stick it in your fam'ly[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                                      [ch]E[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch]\r\nStick it in your fam'ly in your fam'ly al-bum[/tab]","plain_text":"From the 1963 musical Half a Sixpence but failed to chart in the UK.\nTwo key changes (which can be omitted for an easy sing along?).\n\n[Intro Vamp]\nG Bm Am D     G Bm Am D\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nG Bm Am D\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Key change up 1/2 tone]\nG  D#\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nG#  Cm  Bm  D#\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Key change up 1/2 tone]\nG#  E\n\n[Verse 5]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]","chords":["G","Bm","Am","D","A","C","D#","G#","A#","C#","Cm","E","B"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"B":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,2,3,4,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,4,2]},"Bm":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,3,4,2,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,3,2]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"Cm":{"barres":[3],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,3,4,2,1],"frets":[-1,3,5,5,4,3]},"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]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}