Chords for American Bandstand 1967 - Short vs. long skirts? - Top 10 - Groovin’, The Young Rascals

_ _ _ _ [B] _ _ Eddie, I wonder if we could do something.
_ _ Is it, could we look at the girls skirts for a half a second?
_ Does everybody stand still for a half a moment?
I was in England recently and you girls are very conservative actually because the girls
over there these days, we got to pan down a bit gentlemen, I want to see the knees.
That's [Bm] the spirit.
_ _ [N] _ _
Those skirts are fairly long, believe it or not, by English standards.
The girls over there are wearing the micro skirts now, that's 10 inches above the knee.
And the Frenchmen say now that come fall, the girls are going to wear skirts down to mid-calf.
Now that they sold you all the short skirts, they're going to lengthen them.
So what I'd like to know from the girls is, will you wear your skirts down to your mid-calf?
Fellas, you're out of this one I guess.
This is a girls survey.
May I have your name and age please?
Donna Wagoner, 16.
And I wouldn't wear them that long. You wouldn't?
Alright.
Frank Ranniful, 17.
You wouldn't wear one, that's for sure.
Pat [E] Chappelle, 16, and I wouldn't wear them.
_ Buzz Longworth, 15.
Thank you.
Briana Minicker, 16, and I think I'd look [N] awful.
I wish you a lot of luck.
Jim Moranis, 17.
Thank you.
Debbie Kane, 15, I wouldn't wear mine any longer than they are now.
You wouldn't?
No.
Okay.
Tony Hinkle, 16.
Thank you.
Laura Bravo, I wouldn't wear them.
You wouldn't ever wear them?
Alright.
George Foss, 17.
Deborah Anderson, 18, no.
No?
Uh-huh.
Laura Sutton, 17.
Peggy Wagner, 17, I wouldn't wear them.
Uh-huh.
Peg?
Barry Lawrence, 17.
Thank you.
Lyndon MacLeod, 15, no.
You wouldn't?
Alright.
I wish we could, you know, we're transcribing this program,
it'll be tape recorded.
We ought to play this back in about six months from now.
Would you like to take a little side wager on whether these,
if it becomes a thing you will all wear your skirts long.
You know that.
In your heart, you know that.
_ You won't admit it.
Now here's news of a wonderful new candy mint for your breath,
new skirts.
_ _ Once again, here's Nick.
Thank you, Charlie.
Let's take a look at the top ten situation.
We'll start down in this general area here.
The fellas we just heard from, the Turtles,
You'd Rather Be With Me, holds number ten spot,
with Engelbert holding number nine,
Paul Revere and the Raiders number eight,
Arthur Connelly moving down to number seven,
the Buckingham's, who will be here later today,
preceded by Neil Diamond, the Happenings,
the Mamas and Papas, and Aretha Franklin.
And this [B] is the number one song.
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Groovy on _ a Sunday afternoon.
_ [C] _ _
_ _ [Eb] Really _ _ couldn't get away too soon. _ _ _ _
_ _ [Gm] I can't imagine [Fm] _
anything that's [Gm] better.
The world is ours [Ab] whenever we're through.
_ [Gm] _ _ _ _ [Fm] _ _
[Bb] _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _
Santa Clarita Avenue. _ _ _ _
_ _ Do it, _ _ _ anything we like to do. _ _ _ _
_ _ [Gm] There's always lots of [Fm] things that we can see.
[Bb] We can be [Eb] anyone [Fm] we'd like to.
_ [Gm] _ _ _ _ [Fm] Good [Bb] meet ya, [Eb] movie. _ _ _
On a Sunday afternoon. _ _ _ _
_ _ Really couldn't [Fm] _
[Bb] get away [Eb] too soon.
No, [Bb] no, no, no.
_ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Ab] _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _
_ _ [Gm] We'll keep on spending [Fm] Sunday days this way.
_ [Bb] We're gonna talk and [Fm] laugh our time away.
[Gm] I feel it coming [Fm] closer day by day.
[Ab] Put me [Gm] ecstasy.
[Fm] You [Bb] and me endlessly.
[Eb] You and me endlessly.
[Fm] On [Bb] a Sunday [Eb] afternoon. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Really _ _ couldn't get away too soon.
No, no, no, no.
_ Movie. _ _ _ _
Smooth [N] sounds, smooth.
_ That's it, that's the number