The picking pattern over the chords is: C Am F G G7 e--------0-----/-------0-----/-------1-------/-------3-----/-------3---- B----------1---/---------1---/-----1---1-----/-----3---3---/-----6---6-- G-----0------0-/-----2-----2-/---2-------2---/---4-------4-/---4-------4 D---2----------/---2---------/-3-----------3-/-5-----------/-5---------- A-3------------/-0-----------/---------------/-------------/------------ E--------------/-------------/---------------/-------------/------------ Verse 1 C Am F G At daydream junior highschool we used to harmonise C Am F G Me and Frankie and Jimmy and some Italian guy F G C Am We were singing oldies but they were newies then F F G And today when I play my old 45's I remember when Verse 2 We practiced in a subway, in a lobby or a hall Crowded in a doorway singing "do waps" to the wall And when we went to a party and they wouldn't let us sing We'd lock ourselves in the bathroom and nobody could get in Chorus: G C Am F G 'Cause we were looking for an echo an answer to our sound C Am F G C Am F G A place to be in harmony a place we'd almost found ooooh Bridge: F C And the girls would gather 'round us and our heads would really swell F C We'd sing songs by the moonglows, the harptones and the dells F C Am And when we sang sincerely, we really sang it high F G G7 And even though it was falsetto we almost reached the sky Verse 3 We've sung a lot of changes since 1955 And a lot of bad arrangements we've tried to harmonise Now they've turned into oldies but they were newies then And today when I play those old 45's I remember when 'Cause we were looking for an echo an answer to our sound A place to be in harmony a place we'd almost found We were looking for an echo an answer to our sound A place to be in harmony a place we'd almost found Found..oooh....found...oooh..found (etc.)
