Chords for Teresa Brewer - Ricochet (Rick-O-Shay) (1953)
Tempo:
134.6 bpm
Chords used:
Eb
Bb
Ab
F
C
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[Fm] [C] They
[Eb] [Ab] [Fm]
[Bb] [Eb] warned me when you kissed me, [Ab] your love would [Eb] ricochet.
[Bb] Your lips would find [Eb]
another, [Bb] and your heart would [Eb] go astray.
I thought that I could hold you [Ab] with all my many [Eb]
charms.
[Bb] But then one [F] day, you [Bb] ricocheted to someone [Eb] else's arms.
[F] And [Bb] baby, I don't want [Eb] to ricochet romance, I don't want [Bb] to ricochet love.
If [G] you're careless with your [Bb] kisses, find another turtle dove.
I can't live on ricochet romance, [Ab] no, no, not me.
If [Cm] you're gonna ricochet, [C] baby, I'm gonna [Eb] set you free.
[Ab] [A]
[Bb] [Eb] I knew the day I met you, [Ab] you had a [Eb] roving eye.
I [Bb] thought that I could hold you, what a fool I [Eb] was to try.
I promised you'd be faithful, [F] [Ab] and you would [Eb] never stray.
[F] And like a [Bb] rifle bullet, you [G] began [Eb] to ricochet.
[Bb] And baby, I don't want to ricochet romance, [Eb] I don't want to [Bb] ricochet love.
If you're [G] careless [Bb] with your kisses, find [Eb] another turtle [Bb] dove.
I can't live on ricochet [Ab] romance, no, no, not me.
If [Gbm] you're [Eb] gonna ricochet, baby, I'm gonna set you free.
[G]
[Eb] [D] [Fm]
[Bb] When you [Eb] announced our wedding, [Ab] you made me [Eb] mighty proud.
[F] I whispered to [G] us, company, [Bb] [Dm] but you [C] preferred to cry.
[Eb] Buzzed all other girls, [Ab] just like a busy [Eb] bee.
[F] And when you finished buzzing, [Bb] cousin, you buzzed [Cm] right [Bb] back to me.
And baby, I don't want to ricochet romance, [Gm] I don't want [Bb] to ricochet love.
If you're careless with your kisses, find [Eb] another turtle dove.
I can't live on ricochet romance, [Ab] not me.
[A] If you're [C] gonna ricochet, baby, I'm gonna [Ebm] set you free.
If [C] you're gonna ricochet, baby, I'm gonna set you free.
[Eb] [Ebm]
[Eb] [Ab] [Fm]
[Bb] [Eb] warned me when you kissed me, [Ab] your love would [Eb] ricochet.
[Bb] Your lips would find [Eb]
another, [Bb] and your heart would [Eb] go astray.
I thought that I could hold you [Ab] with all my many [Eb]
charms.
[Bb] But then one [F] day, you [Bb] ricocheted to someone [Eb] else's arms.
[F] And [Bb] baby, I don't want [Eb] to ricochet romance, I don't want [Bb] to ricochet love.
If [G] you're careless with your [Bb] kisses, find another turtle dove.
I can't live on ricochet romance, [Ab] no, no, not me.
If [Cm] you're gonna ricochet, [C] baby, I'm gonna [Eb] set you free.
[Ab] [A]
[Bb] [Eb] I knew the day I met you, [Ab] you had a [Eb] roving eye.
I [Bb] thought that I could hold you, what a fool I [Eb] was to try.
I promised you'd be faithful, [F] [Ab] and you would [Eb] never stray.
[F] And like a [Bb] rifle bullet, you [G] began [Eb] to ricochet.
[Bb] And baby, I don't want to ricochet romance, [Eb] I don't want to [Bb] ricochet love.
If you're [G] careless [Bb] with your kisses, find [Eb] another turtle [Bb] dove.
I can't live on ricochet [Ab] romance, no, no, not me.
If [Gbm] you're [Eb] gonna ricochet, baby, I'm gonna set you free.
[G]
[Eb] [D] [Fm]
[Bb] When you [Eb] announced our wedding, [Ab] you made me [Eb] mighty proud.
[F] I whispered to [G] us, company, [Bb] [Dm] but you [C] preferred to cry.
[Eb] Buzzed all other girls, [Ab] just like a busy [Eb] bee.
[F] And when you finished buzzing, [Bb] cousin, you buzzed [Cm] right [Bb] back to me.
And baby, I don't want to ricochet romance, [Gm] I don't want [Bb] to ricochet love.
If you're careless with your kisses, find [Eb] another turtle dove.
I can't live on ricochet romance, [Ab] not me.
[A] If you're [C] gonna ricochet, baby, I'm gonna [Ebm] set you free.
If [C] you're gonna ricochet, baby, I'm gonna set you free.
[Eb] [Ebm]
Key:
Eb
Bb
Ab
F
C
Eb
Bb
Ab
_ _ _ [Fm] [C] They _ _ _
_ [Eb] _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ [Fm] _ _
[Bb] _ _ [Eb] warned me when you kissed me, [Ab] your love would _ [Eb] ricochet.
_ [Bb] Your lips would find [Eb]
another, [Bb] and your heart would [Eb] go astray.
_ _ I thought that I could hold you [Ab] with all my many [Eb]
charms.
_ [Bb] But then one [F] day, you _ [Bb] ricocheted to someone [Eb] else's arms.
[F] And [Bb] baby, I don't want [Eb] to ricochet romance, I don't want [Bb] to ricochet love.
If [G] you're careless with your [Bb] kisses, find another turtle dove.
I can't live on ricochet romance, [Ab] no, no, not me.
If [Cm] you're gonna ricochet, [C] baby, I'm gonna [Eb] set you free.
[Ab] _ _ [A] _ _
_ [Bb] _ [Eb] I knew the day I met you, [Ab] you had a [Eb] roving eye.
_ I [Bb] thought that I could hold you, what a fool I [Eb] was to _ try.
_ I promised you'd be faithful, [F] _ [Ab] and you would [Eb] never stray.
_ [F] And like a [Bb] rifle bullet, you [G] began [Eb] to ricochet.
[Bb] And baby, I don't want to ricochet romance, [Eb] I don't want to [Bb] ricochet love.
If you're [G] careless [Bb] with your kisses, find [Eb] another turtle [Bb] dove.
I can't live on ricochet [Ab] romance, no, no, not me.
If [Gbm] you're [Eb] gonna ricochet, baby, I'm gonna set you free.
_ [G] _ _
_ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ [D] _ [Fm] _
_ [Bb] _ _ When you [Eb] _ announced our _ wedding, [Ab] you made me [Eb] mighty proud.
_ [F] I whispered to [G] us, company, _ [Bb] [Dm] but you [C] preferred to cry.
_ _ _ [Eb] Buzzed all _ other girls, [Ab] just like a busy [Eb] bee.
_ _ [F] And when you finished buzzing, [Bb] cousin, you buzzed [Cm] right [Bb] back to me.
And baby, I don't want to ricochet romance, [Gm] I don't want [Bb] to ricochet love.
If you're careless with your kisses, find [Eb] another turtle dove.
I can't live on ricochet romance, [Ab] not me.
[A] If you're [C] gonna ricochet, baby, I'm gonna [Ebm] set you free. _ _
If [C] you're gonna ricochet, baby, I'm gonna set you free.
_ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Ebm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Eb] _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ [Fm] _ _
[Bb] _ _ [Eb] warned me when you kissed me, [Ab] your love would _ [Eb] ricochet.
_ [Bb] Your lips would find [Eb]
another, [Bb] and your heart would [Eb] go astray.
_ _ I thought that I could hold you [Ab] with all my many [Eb]
charms.
_ [Bb] But then one [F] day, you _ [Bb] ricocheted to someone [Eb] else's arms.
[F] And [Bb] baby, I don't want [Eb] to ricochet romance, I don't want [Bb] to ricochet love.
If [G] you're careless with your [Bb] kisses, find another turtle dove.
I can't live on ricochet romance, [Ab] no, no, not me.
If [Cm] you're gonna ricochet, [C] baby, I'm gonna [Eb] set you free.
[Ab] _ _ [A] _ _
_ [Bb] _ [Eb] I knew the day I met you, [Ab] you had a [Eb] roving eye.
_ I [Bb] thought that I could hold you, what a fool I [Eb] was to _ try.
_ I promised you'd be faithful, [F] _ [Ab] and you would [Eb] never stray.
_ [F] And like a [Bb] rifle bullet, you [G] began [Eb] to ricochet.
[Bb] And baby, I don't want to ricochet romance, [Eb] I don't want to [Bb] ricochet love.
If you're [G] careless [Bb] with your kisses, find [Eb] another turtle [Bb] dove.
I can't live on ricochet [Ab] romance, no, no, not me.
If [Gbm] you're [Eb] gonna ricochet, baby, I'm gonna set you free.
_ [G] _ _
_ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ [D] _ [Fm] _
_ [Bb] _ _ When you [Eb] _ announced our _ wedding, [Ab] you made me [Eb] mighty proud.
_ [F] I whispered to [G] us, company, _ [Bb] [Dm] but you [C] preferred to cry.
_ _ _ [Eb] Buzzed all _ other girls, [Ab] just like a busy [Eb] bee.
_ _ [F] And when you finished buzzing, [Bb] cousin, you buzzed [Cm] right [Bb] back to me.
And baby, I don't want to ricochet romance, [Gm] I don't want [Bb] to ricochet love.
If you're careless with your kisses, find [Eb] another turtle dove.
I can't live on ricochet romance, [Ab] not me.
[A] If you're [C] gonna ricochet, baby, I'm gonna [Ebm] set you free. _ _
If [C] you're gonna ricochet, baby, I'm gonna set you free.
_ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Ebm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _