Ritchie Valens – Boney Moronie (Guitar)
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Bony Moronie - Ritchie Valens
Composer: Larry williams
From the album "The best of Ritchie Valens"
Released after his death.
original key : F
Riff:
F
e|-----------1-1----------|
B|-------1-3-----4-3-1-1-3|
G|---2-2------------------|
D|-3----------------------|
A|------------------------|
E|------------------------|
In the intro the riff is first played by the bass then bass and guitar together.
The guitar and bass play the riff at the end of lines 1, 2 and 4 of each verse.
The bass plays the same riff up a fourth at the end of line 3.Intro:
C Bb F
#1
F Well, I got a girl named Boney Maronie [riff] F Well, she's as skinny as a stick of macaroni [riff] Bb Oughta see her rock an' roll with blue jeans on F She's not very fat just skin and bone [riff] C Bb Well, I love he-ee-er, she loves me C Bb Woah, how happy now we can be F Making love underneath the apple tree [riff]
#2:
F Well, I told her mama, and I told her papa, too [riff] F Well, just exactly what I'm gonna do [riff] Bb Get married on a night of June F And rock an' roll by the silvery moon [riff] C Bb Well, I love he-ee-er, she loves me C Bb Woah, how happy now we can be F Making love underneath the apple tree [riff]
Instrumental
F Bb F C
#3
F She's my one and only, she's my heart desire [riff] F She's a real upsetter, she's a real live wire [riff] Bb Ev'rybody turns when my baby goes by F She's somethin' to see that really catches the eye [riff] C Bb Well, I love he-ee-er, she loves me C Bb Woah, how happy now we can be F Making love underneath the apple tree [riff]
Outro (instrumental to end fade):
F C Bb F