Click Clack:Dicky-Doo and the Don'ts.
Top of the charts in 1958.
(Capo 3rd fret.)
CHORUS:
C G7
And the wheels go oom-ba-la-da, la-da,
C
click-clack, click clack, oom ba-la-da, la-da, shhhh.
G7
Oom ba-la-da la-da, every click clack
C
brings me closer to you.
#1.
C
Never know why I left you, baby..
F C
what ever did make me go?
F C
It's a nonstop dream that's taking me back
G7 C
but it's traveling much too slow.
CHORUS:
C G7
And the wheels go oom-ba-la-da, la-da,
C
click-clack, click clack, oom ba-la-da, la-da, shhhh.
G7
Oom ba-la-da la-da, every click clack
C
brings me closer to you.
#2.
C
For every mile of railroad track
F C
I'm saying a little prayer..
F C
Hoping that you'll be taking me back
G7 C
cause I only got a one-way fare.
CHORUS:
C G7
And the wheels go oom-ba-la-da, la-da,
C
click-clack, click clack, oom ba-la-da, la-da, shhhh.
G7
Oom ba-la-da la-da, every click clack
C
brings me closer to you.
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#3.
C
Well, baby, I met a lot of gals
F C
I even kissed a few.
F
But I'd trade a train load
C
full of those gals
G7 C
for one sweet kiss from you.
CHORUS:
C G7
And the wheels go oom-ba-la-da, la-da,
C
click-clack, click clack, oom ba-la-da, la-da, shhhh.
G7
Oom ba-la-da la-da, every click clack
C
brings me closer to you.
#4.
C
Baby, I'll kiss my blues goodbye
F C
as soon as we kiss, hel..lo.
F
And then I never want
C
To see a train again
G7 C
Or hear a whistle blow.
G7
Or hear that oom-ba-la-da, la-da,
C
click-clack, click clack, oom ba-la-da, la-da, shhhh.
G7
Oom ba-la-da la-da, every click clack
C
brings me closer to you.
CHORUS:
C# G#7
And the wheels go oom-ba-la-da, la-da,
C
click-clack, click clack, oom ba-la-da, la-da, shhhh.
G#7
Oom ba-la-da la-da, every click clack
C#
brings me closer to you.
OUTRO:
C#
oom-ba-la-da, la-da, click-clack, click clack,
oom ba-la-da, la-da, shhhh.
D
Oom-ba-la-da, la-da, click-clack, click clack,
oom ba-la-da, la-da, shhhh.
Eb
Oom-ba-la-da, la-da, click-clack, click clack,
oom ba-la-da, la-da, shhhh.
F
Oom-ba-la-da, la-da, click-clack, click clack,
oom ba-la-da, la-da, shhhh.
F#
Oom-ba-la-da, la-da, click-clack, click clack,
oom ba-la-da, la-da, shhhh.(Fade.)
A fifties smash from Kraziekhat.