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 C5 A5 F5 G5 At daydream junior highschool we used to harmonise C5 A5 F5 G5 Me and Frankie and Jimmy and some Italian guy F5 G5 C5 A5 We were singing oldies but they were newies then F5 F5 G5 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: G5 C5 A5 F5 G5 'Cause we were looking for an echo an answer to our sound C5 A5 F5 G5 C5 A5 F5 G5 A place to be in harmony a place we'd almost found ooooh Bridge: F5 C5 And the girls would gather 'round us and our heads would really swell F5 C5 We'd sing songs by the moonglows, the harptones and the dells F5 C5 A5 And when we sang sincerely, we really sang it high F5 G5 G5 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.)
