Shang-a-lang    (intro)    (midi)

 

    G - F# - F - F# - G (2x)

 

   G                                - G

1.    We were rippin’ up,        we were rockin’ up,

G

    roll it over and lay it down,

G                                  - G

    we were shakin’ up,        we were breakin’ up,

                                          G7                                      C

    we were rockin to the shang-a-lang sound of the music,

                                           G                                               A

    hey, hey, rockin to the music, hey, hey, rocking to the music,

                                            D            D7

    rocking every night and day, hey, hey.

 

                G                                      C

Well, we sang shang-a-lang as we ran with the gang,

          G                               D

doin doo wop be dooby do ay,

               G                                     C

we were all in the news with our blue suede shoes,

               G              D          G     - D

and our dancin the night away.

                  G                                      C

Yeah, we sang shang-a-lang as we ran with the gang,

          G                                D

doin doo wop be dooby do eye,

              G                               C

with the jukebox playing and every body saying

          G             D                  G             + G - F# F - F# G

that music like ours couldn't die.

 

   G                               - G

2.    we were grooving,         we were movin,

G

    pussyfootin and putting it round,

G                            - G

    we were boppin,         we were hoppin,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

                                             G7                                      C

    we were jumping to the shang-a-lang sound of the music,

                                           G                                               A

    hey, hey, rockin to the music, hey, hey, rocking to the music,

                                            D            D7

    rocking every night and day, hey, hey.

 

                G                                      C

Well, we sang shang-a-lang as we ran with the gang,

          G                               D

doin doo wop be dooby do ay,

               G                                     C

we were all in the news with our blue suede shoes,

               G              D          G     - D

and our dancin the night away.

                  G                                      C

Yeah, we sang shang-a-lang as we ran with the gang,

          G                                D

doin doo wop be dooby do eye,

              G                               C

with the jukebox playing and every body saying

          G             D                  G    

that music like ours couldn't die.

 

D                          - D                       - D

     Shang-a-lang,       shang-a-lang,      shang-a-lang !

                    D7

    Shang-a-lang, shang-a-lang, shang-a-lang !

 

+ CHORUS

 

(orig. = capo 2nd)    (Bay City Rollers)