{"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":989778,"song":"Sham-A-Ling-Dong-Ding","artist":"Jesse Winchester","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11623764-sham-a-ling-dong-ding-chords-by-jesse-winchester/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/989778?type=chord","rating":4.8917,"votes":82,"content":"[Intro]\r\n\r\n[ch]D[/ch]   [ch]F#m/C#[/ch]  [ch]Em7[/ch]  [ch]A7[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nThe boys were singing shing-a-ling[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Em7[/ch]\r\nThe summer night we met[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nYou were tan and seventeen[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]Em7[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\nO how could I forget[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nWhen every star from near and far[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Em7[/ch]\r\nWas watching from above[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWatching two teenagers fall in love[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nThe way we danced was not a dance[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Em7[/ch]\r\nBut more a long embrace[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWe held on to each other and[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]Em7[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWe floated there in space[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nAnd I was shy to kiss you while[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Em7[/ch]\r\nThe whole wide world could see[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]A[/ch]                                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nSo shing-a-ling said everything for me[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]Em7[/ch]            [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd O the poor old old folks[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThey thought we'd lost our minds[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]                  [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nThey could not make heads or tails[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Em7[/ch]                 [ch]A7sus[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\nOf the young folks' funny rhymes[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nBut you and I knew all the words[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Em7[/ch]         [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\nAnd we always sang along to[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]        [ch]Bm[/ch]        [ch]Em7[/ch]\r\nO sham-a-ling-dong-ding[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]A[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nSham-a-ling-dang-dong[/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]Bm[/ch]  [ch]Em7[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n\r\n[tab]   [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nSo after years and after tears[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Em7[/ch]\r\nAnd after summers past[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThe old folks tried to warn us[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]Em7[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\nHow our love would never last[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nAnd all we'd get was soaking wet[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Em7[/ch]\r\nFrom walking in the rain[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]A[/ch]                             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd singing sham-a-shing-a-ling again[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]Em7[/ch]            [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd O the poor old old folks[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThey smile and walk away[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nBut I bet they did some[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F#m[/ch]         [ch]Em7[/ch]                [ch]A[/ch]\r\nSham-a-lama-ding-dong in their day[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                     [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nI bet that they still close their eyes[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Em7[/ch]           [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\nAnd I bet they sing along to[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]        [ch]Bm[/ch]        [ch]Em7[/ch]\r\nO sham-a-ling-dong-ding[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]A[/ch]\r\nSham-a-ling-dang-dong[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Bridge]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nO those sweet old love songs[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nEvery word rings true[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nSham-a-ling-dong-ding means sweetheart[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Em7[/ch]                 [ch]A7sus[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\nSham-a-ling-dang-dong does too[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                            [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nAnd it means that right here in my arms[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em7[/ch]              [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\nThat's where you belong[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]Bm[/ch]        [ch]Em7[/ch]\r\nAnd it means sham-a-ling-dong-ding[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]A[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nSham-a-ling-dang-dong[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n\r\n[ch]Bm[/ch]   [ch]Em7[/ch]   [ch]A7sus[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]","plain_text":"[Intro]\n\nD   F#m/C#  Em7  A7\n\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBm  Em7  A\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Bridge]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Outro]\n\nBm   Em7   A7sus 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