John Mellencamp – Shama Lama Ding Dong (Guitar)

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As recorded by John Mellencamp (From the 1985 Album SCARECROW - 2022 DELUXE EDITION BONUS TRACK) [Intro] C Am C Am [Verse 1]

N.C. C             Am
If I searched this whole wide world

C                       Am                        F
I'd never, never, never find me a girl who'd love me

      G                    C
Who'd love me the way that you do

[Chorus]

C
Cause you put my shama lama

           Am
Shama lama ding dong

                  C
Baby, you put the ooh my my (oh, oh, oh, oh)

             Am
Back into my smile child

Am
Yeah!

        F            G
That is why, that is why

           C          Am
You are my shooby doo

[Verse 2]

C                       Am
And this love, oh, this love that we share

C
Its stronger then the other

            Am
No one else can compare

F                         G                C
Stronger then the highest mountain and the deepest sea

[Chorus]

C
Cause you're my shama lama

           Am
Shama lama ding dong

                  C
Baby, you put the ooh my my (oh, oh, oh, oh)

             Am
Back into my smile child

Am
Yeah!

        F            G
That is why, that is why

           C          G
You are my shooby doo

[Instrumental Interlude] C Am C Am F G C [Out-Chorus]

C
Cause you're my shama lama

           Am
Shama lama ding dong

                  C
Baby, you put the ooh my my (oh, oh, oh, oh)

             Am
Back into my smile child

Am
Yeah!

        F            G
That is why, that is why

           C          Am
You are my shooby doo

C                     Am
Shama lama shama lama ding dong

                  C
Baby, you put the ooh my my (oh, oh, oh, oh)

           Am
Shama lama ding dong

            C
You put the ooh my my (oh, oh, oh, oh)

           Am
Shama lama ding dong

            C
You put the ooh my my (oh, oh, oh, oh)

           Am
Shama lama ding dong