Bang-Shang-A-Lang:The Archies.
#22 on BB Hot 100 on CALENDAR Records
in 1968.
INTRO: G#
#1.
[G#]I recall just [C#]walking down the [G#]street..trying to
es[C#]cape the city [G#]heat.
I [C#]saw her from the corner of my [G#]eye, eye, eye.
[G#]Yeah, she looked so [C#]good I thought I'd [G#]die.
CHORUS:
[G#] [C#] [A#]
[D#]bang shang-a-lang, bang, [G#]bang.
[G#] [A#]
[D#]bang shang-a-lang, bang, [G#]bang.
#2.
[G#]Something said I [C#]shouldn't waste no [G#]time..if I'm ever
[C#]gonna make her [G#]mine.
I [C#]walked right up and said, how do you [G#]do, do, do.
[G#]She said, I bet I [C#]do as good as [G#]you.
CHORUS:
[G#] [C#] [A#]
[D#]bang shang-a-lang, bang, [G#]bang.
[G#] [A#]
[D#]bang shang-a-lang, bang, [G#]bang.
BRIDGE:
[G#]I remember when I held her tight..([C#]bang-shang-a-lang.)
[G#]Felt like holding dynamite, now..([C#]bang-shang-a-lang.)
[C#]What's that ringing in my ear..(bang-shang-a-lang.)
[G#]Tell me, ain't those bells I hear?..(bang-shang-a-lang.)
[D#]Bang, bang, shang-a-lang..bang, bang, shang-a-lang.
[D#]Bang, bang, bang..shang-a-lang-lang..bang-bang-bang..
shang-a-lang-lang..
#3.
[G#]Now, she's gonna [C#]spend her life with [G#]me.
[G#]Then we'll be as [C#]happy as can [G#]be.
Be[C#]cause I love her more than I can [G#]tell, tell, tell..
[G#]Sunday after[C#]noon we'll hear the [G#]bells.
OUTRO:
[G#] [C#] [A#]
[D#]bang, shang-a-lang..bang, [G#]bang.
[G#] [A#]
[D#]bang, shang-a-lang..bang, [G#]bang.
[G#] [A#] [D#]
bang, [G#]bang.
A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.
#22 on BB Hot 100 on CALENDAR Records
in 1968.
INTRO: G#
#1.
[G#]I recall just [C#]walking down the [G#]street..trying to
es[C#]cape the city [G#]heat.
I [C#]saw her from the corner of my [G#]eye, eye, eye.
[G#]Yeah, she looked so [C#]good I thought I'd [G#]die.
CHORUS:
[G#] [C#] [A#]
My heart went bang-shang-a-lang, bang-shang-a-lang..
[D#]bang shang-a-lang, bang, [G#]bang.
[G#] [A#]
My heart went bang-shang-a-lang, bang-shang-a-lang..
[D#]bang shang-a-lang, bang, [G#]bang.
#2.
[G#]Something said I [C#]shouldn't waste no [G#]time..if I'm ever
[C#]gonna make her [G#]mine.
I [C#]walked right up and said, how do you [G#]do, do, do.
[G#]She said, I bet I [C#]do as good as [G#]you.
CHORUS:
[G#] [C#] [A#]
My heart went bang-shang-a-lang, bang-shang-a-lang..
[D#]bang shang-a-lang, bang, [G#]bang.
[G#] [A#]
My heart went bang-shang-a-lang, bang-shang-a-lang..
[D#]bang shang-a-lang, bang, [G#]bang.
BRIDGE:
[G#]I remember when I held her tight..([C#]bang-shang-a-lang.)
[G#]Felt like holding dynamite, now..([C#]bang-shang-a-lang.)
[C#]What's that ringing in my ear..(bang-shang-a-lang.)
[G#]Tell me, ain't those bells I hear?..(bang-shang-a-lang.)
[D#]Bang, bang, shang-a-lang..bang, bang, shang-a-lang.
[D#]Bang, bang, bang..shang-a-lang-lang..bang-bang-bang..
shang-a-lang-lang..
#3.
[G#]Now, she's gonna [C#]spend her life with [G#]me.
[G#]Then we'll be as [C#]happy as can [G#]be.
Be[C#]cause I love her more than I can [G#]tell, tell, tell..
[G#]Sunday after[C#]noon we'll hear the [G#]bells.
OUTRO:
[G#] [C#] [A#]
And they'll go bang-shang-a-lang, bang-shang-a-lang..
[D#]bang, shang-a-lang..bang, [G#]bang.
[G#] [A#]
Oh, they'll go bang-shang-a-lang, bang-shang-a-lang..
[D#]bang, shang-a-lang..bang, [G#]bang.
[G#] [A#] [D#]
Bang-shang-a-lang, bang-shang-a-lang..bang, shang-a-lang..
bang, [G#]bang.
A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.
