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