Teach-In: "Ding-a-Dong"

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» Ordered by Vladimir Rumyantsev
± BPM (tempo): ♩ = 137 beats per minute

Lyrics by Eddy Ouwens, Will Luikinga and Music by Dick Bakker
The Netherlands / Eurovision 1975

Intro: … Em
       Am | Em | Am | Em

            Am      Dm
When you’re feeling all right,
G7            C
Everything is uptight,
Fmaj                         E7sus4       E7
Try to sing a song that goes ding, ding-a-dong.
           Am7   Dm
There will be no sorrow
G7                 Cmaj
When you’ll sing tomorrow
Fmaj                         E7
And you walk along with your ding-dang-dong.

Chorus:
            Am         Dm
     Ding-a-dong every hour,
     G               C
     When you pick a flower,
     Fmaj                    E7sus4      E7
     Even when your lover is gone, gone, gone.
            Am           Dm
     Ding-a-dong, listen to it,
     G            C
     Maybe it’s a big hit.
     Fmaj                    E7sus4      E7
     Even when your lover is gone, gone, gone,
                    Am
     Sing ding-ding-dong.

Instrumental: Am | Em

            Am      Dm
When you’re feeling all right,
G7            C
Everything is uptight,
Fmaj                       E7sus4       E7
Listen to a song that goes ding, ding-a-dong.
        Am7         D7
And the world looks sunny,
G7          Cmaj
Everyone is funny
Fmaj                            E7
When they sing a song that goes ding-dang-dong.

Chorus:
            Am         Dm
     Ding-a-dong every hour,
     G               C
     When you pick a flower,
     Fmaj                    E7sus4      E7
     Even when your lover is gone, gone, gone.
            Am           Dm
     Ding-a-dong, listen to it,
     G            C
     Maybe it’s a big hit.
     Fmaj                    E7sus4      E7
     Even when your lover is gone, gone, gone,
                    Am
     Sing ding-ding-dong.

Instrumental: Am Am+ Am Am/G
              Am Am+ A5 Bb5 B5

    C    Csus4 C           Csus4 C
   (Ding-dang-dong, ding-a-dang-dong.)
   Db5  D5  Eb    Ebsus4   Eb
   When you think it’s all over,
   Fm          Gsus4 G
   They let me down,
   Fm7      Bb           Ebmaj        Ab
   Dry your tears and forget all your sorrow,
   Db                             Dsus4
   Try to smile while you say goodbye.
         D     Esus4 E
   (Ding-dong, ding-dong.)
   Fm7       Bb               Ebmaj     Ab
   Ding-dang-dong when you’ll wake up tomorrow,
   Db                        Dsus4 D Esus4 E
   When the sun is up in the sky.

Instrumental: Am | Em

            Am      D
When you’re feeling all right,
G7            Cmaj
Everything is uptight,
Fmaj                         E7sus4       E7
Try to sing a song that goes ding, ding-a-dong.
           Am7   D7
There will be no sorrow
G                  Cmaj
When you’ll sing tomorrow
Fmaj                         E7
And you walk along with your ding-dang-dong.

Chorus:
            Am         Dm
     Ding-a-dong every hour,
     G               C
     When you pick a flower,
     Fmaj                    E7sus4      E7
     Even when your lover is gone, gone, gone.
            Am           Dm
     Ding-a-dong, listen to it,
     G            C
     Maybe it’s a big hit,
     Fmaj                    E7sus4      E7
     Even when your lover is gone, gone, gone.

            Am         Dm
     Ding-a-dong every hour,
     G               C
     When you pick a flower,
     Fmaj                    E7sus4      E7
     Even when your lover is gone, gone, gone.
            Am           Dm
     Ding-a-dong, listen to it,
     G            C
     Maybe it’s a big hit.
     Fmaj                    E7sus4      E7
     Even when your lover is gone, gone, gone,
                    Am
     Sing ding-ding-dong.

Instrumental: Am | Em | Am | Em | Am

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