View Guitar Chords for Shang-a-lang - chords ver. 1
Let's digE, let's juDmpE, Let's go into the river and a-Chumma-humma-Dhump Your tailE, tail waDg,E Let's go into the kennel and sChagga-shagga-Dshag AShangalang, shangalaCng AShangalang-dang-danDgYour spiEt, my spiDneE Gonna make me a holler with a Cfull bodied wDine Don't biF#te,E don't tDalEk Let's go into the sty and Cpuppa-puppa-puppa-puppa ShangaAlang, shangalangC ShangaAlang-dang-dangD ShangaAlang, shangalangC ShangaAlang-dang-dangDMy heart nailed to your door in a gesture of desire, Think I'll follow the path of the guanama,And sAet myself, set myself afire. You got a matcEh, gasolinDe E Why do you treat me so Cma-ma-ma-ma-Dmean You got a gunE, got a buDlleEt Got a finger on the trigger Gonna Cpa-pa-pa-pull itShangaAlang, shangalangC ShangaAlang-dang-dangD ShangaAlang, shangalangC ShangaAlang-dang-dangDBass solo: |G-------------------------------------| |D-------------------------------------| |A-------------------------------------| |E-0-000-03000-00555555333333-| Good intentions paved the road to hell, High ideals do the same. Think I'll follow the path of the guanaco,I'm gonna Aset myself, set myself aflame. ShangaAlang, shangalangC ShangaAlang-dang-dangD ShangaAlang, shangalangC ShangaAlang-dang-dangD ShangaAlang, shangalangC ShangaAlang-dang-dangD ShangaAlang, shangalangC ShangaAlang-dang-dangD ShangaAlang, shangalangC ShangaAlang-dang-dangD ShangaAlang, shangalangC ShangaAlang-dang-dangD ShangaAlang, shangalangC ShangaAlang-dang-dangD ShangaAlang, shangalangC ShangaAlang-dang-dangD ShangaAlang, shangalangC ShangaAlang-dang-dangD ShangaAlang, shangalangC ShangaAlang-dang-dangD ShangaAlang!On the actual studio version, in the second verse (the "Gonna make me holler" bit), Ricky doesn't actually play any chords, but instead scratches his strings by running his pick or fingernail up and down the neck, probably on the A and D strings. Also, for the first two "Shang-a-lang" repetitions in the outro, the guitar is tacet. At the end of the third verse, he scratches it again. I think the F# chord in the second verse was played in error. On the studio version, all the chords played are power chords except for the A in the bit about the guanama, which is an Am chord. More properly, it is a B5 chord played on an acoustic guitar downtuned to DGCFAD, resulting in the A sound. Here's the bass tab for the verses: |G----------------------------| |D----------------------------| |A---------------------333555-| |E-0-000-03000-00555555-------| The bass tab played during the Martin Luther King sample/solo is also played during the choruses and throughout the outro. There is no bass in the guanama verse. If you're doing the song acoustically, you can just play the chord progression from the chorus during the MLK speech.