Chords for Robert Earl Keen and Asleep at the Wheel perform "Ding Dong Daddy From Dumas"

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_ _ _ _ You know, Robert Earl Keane and I had a blast recording Ding Dong Daddy [C] from Doomus, and
it all went down right here in this very [F] room.
Now here's Robert's [Dm] side of the [C] story and then our [D] performance [G]
of track number 17 from
Still the King.
Take it away.
_ What I love about it is, you know, it's [C] musical and it's fun, however, lyrically, it's almost
kind of [F] like a cartoon, you know, [Dm] and you can [C] just kind of make up, you can certainly
[A] make up [G] lyrics within the lyric, and _ [A] I bet you there's probably a [B] hundred of those little
spaces where [C] you do that [Dm] part, I don't want to get [E] rough, you know, that's your girl,
tie [D] her to your side, like [F] my train, I'm going to let her ride.
I imagine [Dm] you can just throw anything [C] in there you [Bm] want to.
[D] For [G] years and years I was really afraid of the studio, _ and I [C] got over my fear and I got
where I really liked it, but [F] still, it's always a lot of [C] planning, a lot of [Cm] sit [G] here, stand
here, sing this and that, and I walked up and Ray literally dragged his guitar behind
him into the studio and said, well, let's [C] play this thing.
I said, really, like right [Am] now?
He goes, well, yeah, you're here, aren't you?
I said, [G] okay, you know, no messing around, [C] got in, and you know, really, too, [Gm] that's
the greatest thing about having [G] great players, like [C] Ray knows all the great players and has
great players, you know, they're [D] there to play, you know, it's not like you [Am] got to explain
a [G] lot of stuff, they just start playing.
I mean, [C] literally, I mean, I walked in the door, Ray [Gb] walked in the door, I got in the
sound booth and we sang [G] a song, played a [C] song, and it [G] was [C] just, [G] I went, man, I could do this all day. _ _ _ _ _
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[E] _ _ [Em] Call [A] that Ding [G] Dong Daddy, baby.
I'm a Ding Dong [E] Daddy from Demers, [A] babe, you ought to [D] see me do [G] my stuff.
I'm a Ding Dong [E] Daddy from [Em] Demers, [A] I don't want [D] to get rough.
[G] That's your gal, tied to [C] your side, flags my [F] train, [Eb] going to let her ride.
[G] I'm a Ding [C] Dong Daddy from [Dbm] Demers, babe, you [D] ought to see me do [Em] my [G] stuff. _ _ _
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_ _ [Gm] _ [A] _ [Ab] [G] Let me try that, though.
I'm a Ding Dong Daddy from [E] Demers, [A] boy, you ought to [D] see me do [G] my stuff.
I'm a wild [E] papa from the Polkhat [A] Hollow, I don't want [D] to get rough.
[G] Now I had a [B] little gal, she was getting [C] low, I [Eb] used to go to see her, but I don't no [Db] more.
[G] I'm a Ding Dong Daddy from Demers, [A] babe, you ought to [D] see me do [Em] my stuff.
Let's see if this stuff, there it is.
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_ I'm a Ding Dong Daddy from Demers, babe, you ought to see me do my [A] stuff.
[Gm] I'm a Ding [E] Dong Daddy, [A] baby, I don't want [D] to get rough.
[G] Little, little gal tried to pull me on the [C] bun, had to [Eb] burn it down when the cops came down.
[G] I'm a Ding Dong [E] Daddy from Demers, [Db] babe, [Ab] you ought to see me do [Em] my stuff.
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_ I'm a Ding Dong [E] Daddy from Demers, [A] babe, you ought to [Gb] see me do [Em] my stuff.
I'm a Ding Dong Daddy from Demers, [A] I don't want [D] to get rough.
[G] And that's my gal, she's [Am] one deady, just [Db] got started and she just got no [G] better, I'm a
Ding Dong [E] Daddy from Demers, [A] babe, [D] you ought to see me do [Em] my stuff. _ _ _ _
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_ a Ding Dong Daddy [E] from Demers, [A] babe, you [D] ought to see me do [G] my stuff.
I'm a ding dong daddy baby, [A] I don't wanna [D] get robbed
[G] You can shake it, you can break it, you can hang it on the [Ab] wall
Throw it out [Eb] the window, [Db] you can catch it when [Em] it falls
I'm a ding dong daddy, [E] I'm a living thing
[Db] You're [D] gonna see me do [Em] my stuff _ _ _ _ _
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