Chords for Long Playing Daddy by Ruth Wallis on 1953 Wallis Original 78.
Tempo:
111.6 bpm
Chords used:
G
C
A
Gm
D
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[Gm] [G]
[D] I went [G] down to the record shop to look for something pop.
I took a look around [Am] and what do you think I found?
I [G] found a long playing daddy down at the record store.
I [C] found a long playing daddy don't want those [G] others no more.
[Bm]
I used [F#] to have the old fashioned kind.
[G] He used to stop by to start him up by giving him a wind.
[D] But with a long playing daddy [C] he plays [G] all night long.
[A] Now a long playing daddy doesn't give you any rest.
He's got a new bangle gadget and it really is the best.
[C] He's smooth and he's easy and he's always on [A] the move.
You get three times as much because he's always in the groove.
I got a long playing daddy.
[F#m] [F] He plays [G] all night long.
[Gm] [A] I had a small 45 but he was too short for me.
I like my LP daddy.
He's more satisfactory.
[G]
Short [C] and sweet for grandma might have been alright.
[A]
But I'm a gal who likes to be entertained all night.
I got a long [Gm] playing daddy.
[Am] He plays [G] long and strong.
I got a long playing daddy [Gm] and now I'm really [Gm] content.
[G] [C] Never noticed the wear and the tear and I swear [Em]
the needle [F#] doesn't even [C] get bent.
[D]
I used to hate that [C] three minute kind cause [G] it was over [G] too soon [B] and I'd be losing my mind.
[Am] But with a long playing daddy [C] he plays [G] all night [E] long.
[A] Now believe me girls I never liked that old fashioned pace because I always had to pick it up and put it back in place.
[Gm] He's got a swell attachment.
[C] It's really something new.
[G] He comes to the end he starts again.
He's never [Bm] really through.
I [A] got a long playing [C] daddy.
[D] He plays [G] all night long.
[Em] [E] Now [A] with the old kind you gotta get up in a minute or two.
But with an LP daddy there's nothing you gotta do.
[C] He's got an automatic changer.
It really is gone man.
[Em] You just [G#] turn over [G] and you play right on.
[C] So girls if you're lonesome and [G] blue today [G]
maybe [C] what you need is [F] a good [E] long play.
[Am] A long playing daddy plays all [G] night [C] long.
[E] [N]
[D] I went [G] down to the record shop to look for something pop.
I took a look around [Am] and what do you think I found?
I [G] found a long playing daddy down at the record store.
I [C] found a long playing daddy don't want those [G] others no more.
[Bm]
I used [F#] to have the old fashioned kind.
[G] He used to stop by to start him up by giving him a wind.
[D] But with a long playing daddy [C] he plays [G] all night long.
[A] Now a long playing daddy doesn't give you any rest.
He's got a new bangle gadget and it really is the best.
[C] He's smooth and he's easy and he's always on [A] the move.
You get three times as much because he's always in the groove.
I got a long playing daddy.
[F#m] [F] He plays [G] all night long.
[Gm] [A] I had a small 45 but he was too short for me.
I like my LP daddy.
He's more satisfactory.
[G]
Short [C] and sweet for grandma might have been alright.
[A]
But I'm a gal who likes to be entertained all night.
I got a long [Gm] playing daddy.
[Am] He plays [G] long and strong.
I got a long playing daddy [Gm] and now I'm really [Gm] content.
[G] [C] Never noticed the wear and the tear and I swear [Em]
the needle [F#] doesn't even [C] get bent.
[D]
I used to hate that [C] three minute kind cause [G] it was over [G] too soon [B] and I'd be losing my mind.
[Am] But with a long playing daddy [C] he plays [G] all night [E] long.
[A] Now believe me girls I never liked that old fashioned pace because I always had to pick it up and put it back in place.
[Gm] He's got a swell attachment.
[C] It's really something new.
[G] He comes to the end he starts again.
He's never [Bm] really through.
I [A] got a long playing [C] daddy.
[D] He plays [G] all night long.
[Em] [E] Now [A] with the old kind you gotta get up in a minute or two.
But with an LP daddy there's nothing you gotta do.
[C] He's got an automatic changer.
It really is gone man.
[Em] You just [G#] turn over [G] and you play right on.
[C] So girls if you're lonesome and [G] blue today [G]
maybe [C] what you need is [F] a good [E] long play.
[Am] A long playing daddy plays all [G] night [C] long.
[E] [N]
Key:
G
C
A
Gm
D
G
C
A
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ [D] I went [G] down to the record shop to look for something pop.
I took a look around [Am] and what do you think I found?
I [G] found a long playing daddy _ down at the record store.
_ _ _ _ I [C] found a long playing daddy don't want those [G] others no more.
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Bm]
I used [F#] to have the old fashioned kind.
[G] He used to stop by to start him up by giving him a wind.
[D] But with a long playing daddy [C] he plays [G] all night long.
_ _ _ _ [A] Now a long playing daddy doesn't give you any rest.
He's got a new bangle gadget and it really is the best.
[C] He's smooth and he's easy and he's always on [A] the move.
You get three times as much because he's always in the groove.
I got a long playing daddy.
[F#m] _ [F] He plays [G] all night long.
[Gm] _ _ _ [A] I had a small 45 but he was too short for me.
I like my LP daddy.
He's more satisfactory.
[G] _
Short [C] and sweet for grandma might have been alright.
_ [A]
But I'm a gal who likes to be entertained all night.
I got a long [Gm] playing daddy.
[Am] He plays [G] long and strong.
_ _ _ I got a long playing daddy [Gm] and now I'm really [Gm] content.
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ [C] Never noticed the wear and the tear and I swear [Em]
the needle [F#] doesn't even [C] get bent.
[D]
I used to hate that [C] three minute kind cause [G] it was over [G] too soon [B] and I'd be losing my mind.
[Am] But with a long playing daddy _ [C] he plays [G] all night [E] long.
_ _ _ [A] Now believe me girls I never liked that old fashioned pace because I always had to pick it up and put it back in place.
[Gm] He's got a swell attachment.
[C] It's really something new.
[G] He comes to the end he starts again.
He's never [Bm] really through.
I [A] got a long playing [C] daddy.
[D] He plays [G] all night long.
_ [Em] _ _ [E] Now [A] with the old kind you gotta get up in a minute or two.
But with an LP daddy there's nothing you gotta do.
[C] He's got an automatic changer.
It really is gone man.
[Em] You just [G#] turn over [G] and you play right on.
[C] So girls if you're lonesome and [G] blue today _ [G]
maybe [C] what you need is [F] a good [E] long play.
[Am] A long playing daddy plays all [G] night [C] long.
_ [E] _ _ _ _ [N] _
_ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ [D] I went [G] down to the record shop to look for something pop.
I took a look around [Am] and what do you think I found?
I [G] found a long playing daddy _ down at the record store.
_ _ _ _ I [C] found a long playing daddy don't want those [G] others no more.
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Bm]
I used [F#] to have the old fashioned kind.
[G] He used to stop by to start him up by giving him a wind.
[D] But with a long playing daddy [C] he plays [G] all night long.
_ _ _ _ [A] Now a long playing daddy doesn't give you any rest.
He's got a new bangle gadget and it really is the best.
[C] He's smooth and he's easy and he's always on [A] the move.
You get three times as much because he's always in the groove.
I got a long playing daddy.
[F#m] _ [F] He plays [G] all night long.
[Gm] _ _ _ [A] I had a small 45 but he was too short for me.
I like my LP daddy.
He's more satisfactory.
[G] _
Short [C] and sweet for grandma might have been alright.
_ [A]
But I'm a gal who likes to be entertained all night.
I got a long [Gm] playing daddy.
[Am] He plays [G] long and strong.
_ _ _ I got a long playing daddy [Gm] and now I'm really [Gm] content.
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ [C] Never noticed the wear and the tear and I swear [Em]
the needle [F#] doesn't even [C] get bent.
[D]
I used to hate that [C] three minute kind cause [G] it was over [G] too soon [B] and I'd be losing my mind.
[Am] But with a long playing daddy _ [C] he plays [G] all night [E] long.
_ _ _ [A] Now believe me girls I never liked that old fashioned pace because I always had to pick it up and put it back in place.
[Gm] He's got a swell attachment.
[C] It's really something new.
[G] He comes to the end he starts again.
He's never [Bm] really through.
I [A] got a long playing [C] daddy.
[D] He plays [G] all night long.
_ [Em] _ _ [E] Now [A] with the old kind you gotta get up in a minute or two.
But with an LP daddy there's nothing you gotta do.
[C] He's got an automatic changer.
It really is gone man.
[Em] You just [G#] turn over [G] and you play right on.
[C] So girls if you're lonesome and [G] blue today _ [G]
maybe [C] what you need is [F] a good [E] long play.
[Am] A long playing daddy plays all [G] night [C] long.
_ [E] _ _ _ _ [N] _