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Palisades Park:Shelley Fabares.
Album - The Things We Did Last Summer -
on COLPIX Records in 1962.
(Chuck Barris, creator and host of The Gong
 Show wrote this song for Freddy Cannon and
 it hit big at #3 on the BB Hot 100 in 1962. 
 Barris, among his many TV pursuits, was a song 
 writer, musician and a very good guitar player.)
INTRO:  B  G#m7  
#1.
BLast night I took a walk after dark,
a G#m7swingin' place called Palisades Park.
To Ehave some fun and see what I could F#see.
That's where the F#7boys are!
#2.
BI took a ride on a shoot-the-chute
G#m7That boy I sat beside was awful cute.
And Ewhen we stopped he was holdin' hands with F#me.
My heart was F#7flyin'! 
BRIDGE:
Eup like a rocket ship..G#m7down like a roller coaster.
EBack like a loop-the-loop and F#round, like a
merry-go-round.
CHORUS:
BWe ate and ate at a hot dog stand..G#m7we danced around 
to a rockin' band.
EAnd when he could, that boy gave me a F#hug..in the
F#7Tunnel of Love.
#2.
EYou'll never know how great a kiss can feel when 
you're G#m7stopped at the top of a Ferris wheel.
Well, I Efell in love, F#down at Palisades BPark.
INTERLUDE:  B   G#m7   B   G#m7   E   F#  B  
CHORUS:
BWe ate and ate at a hot dog stand..G#m7we danced around 
to a rockin' band.
EAnd when he could, that boy gave me a F#hug..in the
F#7Tunnel of Love.
#3.
EYou'll never know how great a kiss can feel when 
you're G#m7stopped at the top of a Ferris wheel.
Well, I Efell in love, F#down at Palisades BPark.
OUTRO:  B   G#m7   B   G#m7(Fade.)
A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.

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Palisades Park

by Shelley Fabares

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G#m7

F#7

Palisades Park:Shelley Fabares.

Album - The Things We Did Last Summer -

on COLPIX Records in 1962.

(Chuck Barris, creator and host of The Gong

Show wrote this song for Freddy Cannon and

it hit big at #3 on the BB Hot 100 in 1962.

Barris, among his many TV pursuits, was a song

writer, musician and a very good guitar player.)

B G#m7

INTRO:

#1.

Last night I took a walk after dark,

G#m7

a swingin' place called Palisades Park.

E F#

To have some fun and see what I could see.

F#7

That's where the boys are!

#2.

I took a ride on a shoot-the-chute

G#m7

That boy I sat beside was awful cute.

E F#

And when we stopped he was holdin' hands with me.

F#7

My heart was flyin'!

BRIDGE:

E G#m7

up like a rocket ship..down like a roller coaster.

E F#

Back like a loop-the-loop and round, like a

merry-go-round.

CHORUS:

B G#m7

We ate and ate at a hot dog stand..we danced around

to a rockin' band.

E F#

And when he could, that boy gave me a hug..in the

F#7

Tunnel of Love.

#2.

You'll never know how great a kiss can feel when

G#m7

you're stopped at the top of a Ferris wheel.

E F# B

Well, I fell in love, down at Palisades Park.

B G#m7 B G#m7 E F# B

INTERLUDE:

CHORUS:

B G#m7

We ate and ate at a hot dog stand..we danced around

to a rockin' band.

E F#

And when he could, that boy gave me a hug..in the

F#7

Tunnel of Love.

#3.

You'll never know how great a kiss can feel when

G#m7

you're stopped at the top of a Ferris wheel.

E F# B

Well, I fell in love, down at Palisades Park.

B G#m7 B G#m7

OUTRO: (Fade.)

A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.

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