Chords for The Buddy Holly Story Live at the Apollo
Tempo:
126.5 bpm
Chords used:
D
A
E
G
C
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
Now, I want to ask you people a question.
Am I clean?
Am I clean?
I am as clean as a Safeway Chitlin.
Alright.
So where are we going?
Oh boy.
Ladies [G] and gentlemen, right here tonight on the stage at the Apollo Theater,
you are about to witness a miracle.
Ha ha ha.
That's right.
You are going to see an act that will knock you flat on your back.
Are you ready?
Once again, I said, are you ready?
[Bb] Are you ready?
Alright.
Let's have a nice round of applause for Mr.
Buddy Holly and [N] the crickets.
Come on.
Well, we weren't expecting all these.
[A]
Oh [B] boy.
One, two, one, two.
[A]
I've been waiting tonight, they'll be no hesitating. [D] Oh boy.
Windows, they close.
[A] Oh boy.
I want the world to see [E] that you may not [A] be me.
[D] [A]
[E] [A] My love, call my kitchen.
You don't know what you're saying.
I'm just saying, oh [D] boy.
Windows, they [A] close.
Oh boy.
I want the world to see [E] that you may not [A] be [D] me.
[A]
[E] Oh now, stars appear, having a shadow of the [A] fall.
You can hear my heart a [D]-calling.
A little bit of love makes everything right.
[E] I'm going to see my baby tonight.
[A] Call my love.
Call my kitchen.
You don't know what you've been [D] missing.
Oh boy.
Windows, they [A] close.
I want the world to see that you [E] are with me.
[A] I'm [D] coming.
[A] Oh, do it now.
[D]
[E]
[Am]
Oh now, [E] stars appear, having a shadow of the [A] fall.
You can hear my heart a-calling.
[D] A little bit of love makes everything right.
[E] I'm going to see my baby tonight.
[A] I've been waiting tonight, they'll be no hesitating.
[D] Oh boy.
Windows, they close.
[A] Oh boy.
I want the world to [E] see that you may not [A] be me.
[D] [A] I [E] said, [A] da, da, da. Oh boy.
Da, da, da.
Oh boy.
[B]
[N]
Thank you.
We're a little bit nervous.
[B] [E]
[Eb] We're going to do what [G] right now.
[A] It's only so easy.
One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight.
It's [E] only [D] too far [E] now.
[Am] [D] It's only too [E] [A] far now.
People [E] [D] say that love's for [E] a fool.
[A] But here [D] I go, [E] breaking all [A] of the rules.
[D] Seems so easy.
So easy.
So easy.
So easy.
So [A] doggone easy.
So easy.
So easy.
So easy.
[D] It seems so easy.
So easy.
So easy.
So easy.
[B] That's where you come from.
My [E] heart has found you.
[A] It's [E] only too [D] far [E] now.
[A] [D] It's only too [E] [Am] far now.
[D] [E] [Am]
[D] [Eb] [E] [A]
[D] Seems so easy.
So easy.
So easy.
So easy.
[A] So doggone easy.
So easy.
So easy.
It [D] seems so easy.
So easy.
So easy.
So easy.
That's [B] where you come from.
My [E] heart has found [A] you.
It's [E] only [D] too far [E] now.
[A] It's [D] only [E] too far [A] now.
[N]
Everyone, show yourself what they do.
Well, [G] well, well, it's a strange thing that you say and do.
Makes me want to be with you.
[C] Redbone, it's a crazy feeling.
[G] And I know it's got me reeling [D] when you say you love me.
[G] Just wave [C] my [D] arms [G] the way you dance and hold me tight.
The way you kiss and say goodnight.
[C] Redbone, it's a crazy [G] feeling.
And I know it's got me [D] reeling when you say you love me.
[G] Just [C] wave [G] my arms [C] the way you dance and hold me tight.
The way you kiss and say goodnight.
Redbone, it's a crazy [G] feeling.
And I know it's got me [D] reeling.
I'm so glad that you're [G] revealing your [C] love for [Bm] me.
[C] Redbone, Redbone, tell me, [G] tell me.
Not to feel [D] lonely, show me that you're [G] the only one.
Redbone.
[D] Big [C] Curtis, ladies!
[G]
[D]
[G]
[C]
[G]
[D]
[G] [C] [G]
Well, the way you dance and hold me tight.
The way you kiss and say goodnight.
[C] Redbone, it's a crazy feeling.
[G] And I know it's got me reeling [D] when you say I love you.
[G] You just [C] wave my [D] arms.
[G] Just wave my arms.
[D] [G]
[N]
Big Curtis!
[Gm]
[Ab]
[N]
[Ab]
Am I clean?
Am I clean?
I am as clean as a Safeway Chitlin.
Alright.
So where are we going?
Oh boy.
Ladies [G] and gentlemen, right here tonight on the stage at the Apollo Theater,
you are about to witness a miracle.
Ha ha ha.
That's right.
You are going to see an act that will knock you flat on your back.
Are you ready?
Once again, I said, are you ready?
[Bb] Are you ready?
Alright.
Let's have a nice round of applause for Mr.
Buddy Holly and [N] the crickets.
Come on.
Well, we weren't expecting all these.
[A]
Oh [B] boy.
One, two, one, two.
[A]
I've been waiting tonight, they'll be no hesitating. [D] Oh boy.
Windows, they close.
[A] Oh boy.
I want the world to see [E] that you may not [A] be me.
[D] [A]
[E] [A] My love, call my kitchen.
You don't know what you're saying.
I'm just saying, oh [D] boy.
Windows, they [A] close.
Oh boy.
I want the world to see [E] that you may not [A] be [D] me.
[A]
[E] Oh now, stars appear, having a shadow of the [A] fall.
You can hear my heart a [D]-calling.
A little bit of love makes everything right.
[E] I'm going to see my baby tonight.
[A] Call my love.
Call my kitchen.
You don't know what you've been [D] missing.
Oh boy.
Windows, they [A] close.
I want the world to see that you [E] are with me.
[A] I'm [D] coming.
[A] Oh, do it now.
[D]
[E]
[Am]
Oh now, [E] stars appear, having a shadow of the [A] fall.
You can hear my heart a-calling.
[D] A little bit of love makes everything right.
[E] I'm going to see my baby tonight.
[A] I've been waiting tonight, they'll be no hesitating.
[D] Oh boy.
Windows, they close.
[A] Oh boy.
I want the world to [E] see that you may not [A] be me.
[D] [A] I [E] said, [A] da, da, da. Oh boy.
Da, da, da.
Oh boy.
[B]
[N]
Thank you.
We're a little bit nervous.
[B] [E]
[Eb] We're going to do what [G] right now.
[A] It's only so easy.
One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight.
It's [E] only [D] too far [E] now.
[Am] [D] It's only too [E] [A] far now.
People [E] [D] say that love's for [E] a fool.
[A] But here [D] I go, [E] breaking all [A] of the rules.
[D] Seems so easy.
So easy.
So easy.
So easy.
So [A] doggone easy.
So easy.
So easy.
So easy.
[D] It seems so easy.
So easy.
So easy.
So easy.
[B] That's where you come from.
My [E] heart has found you.
[A] It's [E] only too [D] far [E] now.
[A] [D] It's only too [E] [Am] far now.
[D] [E] [Am]
[D] [Eb] [E] [A]
[D] Seems so easy.
So easy.
So easy.
So easy.
[A] So doggone easy.
So easy.
So easy.
It [D] seems so easy.
So easy.
So easy.
So easy.
That's [B] where you come from.
My [E] heart has found [A] you.
It's [E] only [D] too far [E] now.
[A] It's [D] only [E] too far [A] now.
[N]
Everyone, show yourself what they do.
Well, [G] well, well, it's a strange thing that you say and do.
Makes me want to be with you.
[C] Redbone, it's a crazy feeling.
[G] And I know it's got me reeling [D] when you say you love me.
[G] Just wave [C] my [D] arms [G] the way you dance and hold me tight.
The way you kiss and say goodnight.
[C] Redbone, it's a crazy [G] feeling.
And I know it's got me [D] reeling when you say you love me.
[G] Just [C] wave [G] my arms [C] the way you dance and hold me tight.
The way you kiss and say goodnight.
Redbone, it's a crazy [G] feeling.
And I know it's got me [D] reeling.
I'm so glad that you're [G] revealing your [C] love for [Bm] me.
[C] Redbone, Redbone, tell me, [G] tell me.
Not to feel [D] lonely, show me that you're [G] the only one.
Redbone.
[D] Big [C] Curtis, ladies!
[G]
[D]
[G]
[C]
[G]
[D]
[G] [C] [G]
Well, the way you dance and hold me tight.
The way you kiss and say goodnight.
[C] Redbone, it's a crazy feeling.
[G] And I know it's got me reeling [D] when you say I love you.
[G] You just [C] wave my [D] arms.
[G] Just wave my arms.
[D] [G]
[N]
Big Curtis!
[Gm]
[Ab]
[N]
[Ab]
Key:
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Now, I want to ask you people a question.
Am I clean? _
Am I clean?
I am as clean as a Safeway Chitlin.
Alright.
_ _ So where are we going?
Oh boy.
_ _ Ladies _ _ _ _ [G] and gentlemen, right here tonight on the stage at the Apollo Theater,
you are about to witness a miracle.
Ha ha ha.
That's right.
You are going to see an act that will knock you flat on your back.
Are you ready?
Once again, I said, are you ready?
_ [Bb] Are you ready? _
Alright.
Let's have a nice round of applause for Mr.
Buddy Holly and [N] the crickets.
Come _ on. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Well, we weren't expecting all these.
_ _ [A] _
Oh [B] boy.
One, two, one, two.
[A] _ _ _
I've been waiting tonight, they'll be no hesitating. [D] Oh boy. _
Windows, they close.
[A] Oh boy.
I want the world to see [E] that you may not [A] be me.
[D] _ [A] _
[E] _ _ [A] My love, call my kitchen.
You don't know what you're saying.
I'm just saying, oh [D] boy. _ _
Windows, they [A] close.
Oh boy.
I want the world to see [E] that you may not [A] be [D] me.
[A] _
[E] Oh now, stars appear, having a shadow of the [A] fall.
You can hear my heart a [D]-calling.
A little bit of love makes everything right.
[E] I'm going to see my baby tonight.
[A] Call my love.
Call my kitchen.
You don't know what you've been [D] missing.
Oh boy.
_ Windows, they [A] close.
I want the world to see that you [E] are with me.
[A] I'm [D] coming.
_ [A] Oh, do it now. _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ _
_ Oh now, [E] stars appear, having a shadow of the [A] fall.
You can hear my heart a-calling.
[D] A little bit of love makes everything right.
[E] I'm going to see my baby tonight.
[A] _ _ I've been waiting tonight, they'll be no hesitating.
[D] Oh boy.
Windows, they close.
[A] Oh boy.
I want the world to [E] see that you may not [A] be me.
[D] _ [A] I [E] said, [A] da, da, da. Oh boy.
Da, da, da.
Oh boy.
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [B] _ _ _ _
[N] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Thank you. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _
We're a little bit nervous.
[B] _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ [Eb] We're going to do what [G] right now.
_ [A] It's only so easy.
_ _ _ One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, _ eight.
It's [E] only [D] too far [E] now.
[Am] _ [D] It's only too [E] [A] far now. _
People [E] [D] say that love's for [E] a fool.
[A] But here [D] I go, [E] breaking all [A] of the rules.
[D] Seems so easy.
So easy.
So easy.
So easy.
So [A] doggone easy.
So easy.
So easy.
So easy.
[D] It seems so easy.
So easy.
So easy.
So easy.
[B] That's where you come from.
My [E] heart has found you.
[A] It's [E] only too [D] far [E] now.
[A] _ [D] It's only too [E] [Am] far now. _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ [E] _ [Am] _
_ _ [D] _ [Eb] _ [E] _ [A] _
_ [D] Seems so easy.
So easy.
So easy.
So easy.
[A] So doggone easy.
So easy.
So easy.
It [D] seems so easy.
So easy.
So easy.
So easy.
That's [B] where you come from.
My [E] heart has found [A] you.
It's [E] only [D] too far [E] now. _
[A] It's [D] only [E] too far [A] now.
[N] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Everyone, show yourself what they do. _ _ _
Well, [G] well, well, it's a strange thing that you say and do.
Makes me want to be with you.
[C] _ Redbone, it's a crazy feeling.
[G] And I know it's got me reeling [D] when you say you love me.
[G] Just wave [C] my [D] arms _ _ [G] the way you dance and hold me tight.
The way you kiss and say goodnight.
[C] _ _ Redbone, it's a crazy [G] feeling.
And I know it's got me [D] reeling when you say you love me.
[G] Just [C] wave [G] my arms [C] the way you dance and hold me tight.
The way you kiss and say goodnight.
Redbone, it's a crazy [G] feeling.
And I know it's got me [D] reeling.
I'm so glad that you're [G] revealing your [C] love for [Bm] me.
[C] _ Redbone, _ Redbone, tell me, [G] tell me.
Not to feel [D] lonely, show me that you're [G] the only one.
Redbone.
[D] Big [C] Curtis, ladies! _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _
_ Well, the way you dance and hold me tight.
The way you kiss and say goodnight.
[C] _ Redbone, it's a crazy feeling.
[G] And I know it's got me reeling [D] when you say I love you.
[G] You just [C] wave my [D] arms.
[G] Just wave my arms.
[D] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
[N] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ Big Curtis! _
_ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _
_ [Ab] _ _ _ _ _
[N] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Ab] _ _ _ _ _
Am I clean? _
Am I clean?
I am as clean as a Safeway Chitlin.
Alright.
_ _ So where are we going?
Oh boy.
_ _ Ladies _ _ _ _ [G] and gentlemen, right here tonight on the stage at the Apollo Theater,
you are about to witness a miracle.
Ha ha ha.
That's right.
You are going to see an act that will knock you flat on your back.
Are you ready?
Once again, I said, are you ready?
_ [Bb] Are you ready? _
Alright.
Let's have a nice round of applause for Mr.
Buddy Holly and [N] the crickets.
Come _ on. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Well, we weren't expecting all these.
_ _ [A] _
Oh [B] boy.
One, two, one, two.
[A] _ _ _
I've been waiting tonight, they'll be no hesitating. [D] Oh boy. _
Windows, they close.
[A] Oh boy.
I want the world to see [E] that you may not [A] be me.
[D] _ [A] _
[E] _ _ [A] My love, call my kitchen.
You don't know what you're saying.
I'm just saying, oh [D] boy. _ _
Windows, they [A] close.
Oh boy.
I want the world to see [E] that you may not [A] be [D] me.
[A] _
[E] Oh now, stars appear, having a shadow of the [A] fall.
You can hear my heart a [D]-calling.
A little bit of love makes everything right.
[E] I'm going to see my baby tonight.
[A] Call my love.
Call my kitchen.
You don't know what you've been [D] missing.
Oh boy.
_ Windows, they [A] close.
I want the world to see that you [E] are with me.
[A] I'm [D] coming.
_ [A] Oh, do it now. _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ _
_ Oh now, [E] stars appear, having a shadow of the [A] fall.
You can hear my heart a-calling.
[D] A little bit of love makes everything right.
[E] I'm going to see my baby tonight.
[A] _ _ I've been waiting tonight, they'll be no hesitating.
[D] Oh boy.
Windows, they close.
[A] Oh boy.
I want the world to [E] see that you may not [A] be me.
[D] _ [A] I [E] said, [A] da, da, da. Oh boy.
Da, da, da.
Oh boy.
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [B] _ _ _ _
[N] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Thank you. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _
We're a little bit nervous.
[B] _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ [Eb] We're going to do what [G] right now.
_ [A] It's only so easy.
_ _ _ One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, _ eight.
It's [E] only [D] too far [E] now.
[Am] _ [D] It's only too [E] [A] far now. _
People [E] [D] say that love's for [E] a fool.
[A] But here [D] I go, [E] breaking all [A] of the rules.
[D] Seems so easy.
So easy.
So easy.
So easy.
So [A] doggone easy.
So easy.
So easy.
So easy.
[D] It seems so easy.
So easy.
So easy.
So easy.
[B] That's where you come from.
My [E] heart has found you.
[A] It's [E] only too [D] far [E] now.
[A] _ [D] It's only too [E] [Am] far now. _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ [E] _ [Am] _
_ _ [D] _ [Eb] _ [E] _ [A] _
_ [D] Seems so easy.
So easy.
So easy.
So easy.
[A] So doggone easy.
So easy.
So easy.
It [D] seems so easy.
So easy.
So easy.
So easy.
That's [B] where you come from.
My [E] heart has found [A] you.
It's [E] only [D] too far [E] now. _
[A] It's [D] only [E] too far [A] now.
[N] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Everyone, show yourself what they do. _ _ _
Well, [G] well, well, it's a strange thing that you say and do.
Makes me want to be with you.
[C] _ Redbone, it's a crazy feeling.
[G] And I know it's got me reeling [D] when you say you love me.
[G] Just wave [C] my [D] arms _ _ [G] the way you dance and hold me tight.
The way you kiss and say goodnight.
[C] _ _ Redbone, it's a crazy [G] feeling.
And I know it's got me [D] reeling when you say you love me.
[G] Just [C] wave [G] my arms [C] the way you dance and hold me tight.
The way you kiss and say goodnight.
Redbone, it's a crazy [G] feeling.
And I know it's got me [D] reeling.
I'm so glad that you're [G] revealing your [C] love for [Bm] me.
[C] _ Redbone, _ Redbone, tell me, [G] tell me.
Not to feel [D] lonely, show me that you're [G] the only one.
Redbone.
[D] Big [C] Curtis, ladies! _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _
_ Well, the way you dance and hold me tight.
The way you kiss and say goodnight.
[C] _ Redbone, it's a crazy feeling.
[G] And I know it's got me reeling [D] when you say I love you.
[G] You just [C] wave my [D] arms.
[G] Just wave my arms.
[D] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
[N] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ Big Curtis! _
_ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _
_ [Ab] _ _ _ _ _
[N] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Ab] _ _ _ _ _