Chords for The Shangri-las * Mary Weiss * Interview & Rare Footage
Tempo:
63.4 bpm
Chords used:
Bb
Ab
C
Db
E
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[D] Oh no, oh [Bb] no, [N] oh no no no no no no
Walking in the [Ab] sand, walking in the sand
[Ebm] The night is so sad too
[Ab] For a long time people said, remember walking in the sand?
Wow, that's so different, that's so weird, how'd you come up with that?
I don't know, south-west of Bay Road in a Buick
We thought it was, you know, very corny but very sweet
and finally, somewhere touching, you know?
It wasn't synthetic, it was for real, like he [Db] was
Oh, whatever happened [A] to
Different
[Gb] [Ab] [Eb]
[Db] [A] brand of record, [Gbm] he was making little mini-operas
I mean, he was definitely the [Ab] [Fm] soul and inspiration of the Shangri-Las
I mean, [Db] it wouldn't exist without him
[Bb] They would come in, they were kind of tough
They would chew on their gum and they would have stockings with runs in them
Yeah, well they were like the tough sluts, you know?
The kind of girls who would go out with leader of the pack [E] kind of guys, you know?
That [N] would carry stilettos in their hairdos
And yet they had soft hearts inside
It was just such a fake image but yet I think it appealed
to a teenage kind of fake emotional view of life
I think the clothing and I think that when you perform music
people are always looking for a certain image or a box to put you in
It's not necessarily true, never was true
[C] Let's find out who the Shangri-Las are [Bb] You are?
Mary
Mary?
[C] Well, I know you're Mary Mary what?
Rice
[Bb] Actually, you have a great thing here because you're the only one that looks [C] different
You come out as the leader of the pack if you get the
[Eb] I can't hold it
By the [F] way, where'd you meet him?
[Cm] You made the man's of married wives that were extraordinary
You listen to her records today
and imagine that this [E] is coming from a 15, 16 year old girl
[Bb] I was asking her to be an [Gm] actress, not just this
I
[E]
[C] had enough pain in me at the time to pull off anything [Bb] and get into it and sound [G] believable
I [F] think the performances, you can hear it on the performances
It's [Em] very easy for me
[Dbm] Studio was the place that you could really release what you're feeling
without everybody looking at you
Walking in the [Ab] sand, walking in the sand
[Ebm] The night is so sad too
[Ab] For a long time people said, remember walking in the sand?
Wow, that's so different, that's so weird, how'd you come up with that?
I don't know, south-west of Bay Road in a Buick
We thought it was, you know, very corny but very sweet
and finally, somewhere touching, you know?
It wasn't synthetic, it was for real, like he [Db] was
Oh, whatever happened [A] to
Different
[Gb] [Ab] [Eb]
[Db] [A] brand of record, [Gbm] he was making little mini-operas
I mean, he was definitely the [Ab] [Fm] soul and inspiration of the Shangri-Las
I mean, [Db] it wouldn't exist without him
[Bb] They would come in, they were kind of tough
They would chew on their gum and they would have stockings with runs in them
Yeah, well they were like the tough sluts, you know?
The kind of girls who would go out with leader of the pack [E] kind of guys, you know?
That [N] would carry stilettos in their hairdos
And yet they had soft hearts inside
It was just such a fake image but yet I think it appealed
to a teenage kind of fake emotional view of life
I think the clothing and I think that when you perform music
people are always looking for a certain image or a box to put you in
It's not necessarily true, never was true
[C] Let's find out who the Shangri-Las are [Bb] You are?
Mary
Mary?
[C] Well, I know you're Mary Mary what?
Rice
[Bb] Actually, you have a great thing here because you're the only one that looks [C] different
You come out as the leader of the pack if you get the
[Eb] I can't hold it
By the [F] way, where'd you meet him?
[Cm] You made the man's of married wives that were extraordinary
You listen to her records today
and imagine that this [E] is coming from a 15, 16 year old girl
[Bb] I was asking her to be an [Gm] actress, not just this
I
[E]
[C] had enough pain in me at the time to pull off anything [Bb] and get into it and sound [G] believable
I [F] think the performances, you can hear it on the performances
It's [Em] very easy for me
[Dbm] Studio was the place that you could really release what you're feeling
without everybody looking at you
Key:
Bb
Ab
C
Db
E
Bb
Ab
C
[D] Oh no, oh [Bb] no, [N] oh no no no no no no
Walking in the [Ab] sand, walking in the sand
[Ebm] The night is so sad too
[Ab] For a long time people said, remember walking in the sand?
Wow, that's so different, that's so weird, how'd you come up with that?
I don't know, south-west of Bay Road in a Buick
We thought it was, you know, very corny but very sweet
and finally, somewhere touching, you know?
It wasn't synthetic, it was for real, like he [Db] was
Oh, whatever happened [A] to
Different _ _
[Gb] _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ [Eb] _
[Db] _ _ _ _ [A] _ brand of record, [Gbm] he was making little mini-operas
I mean, he was definitely the [Ab] [Fm] soul and inspiration of the Shangri-Las
I mean, [Db] it wouldn't exist without him
[Bb] They would come in, they were kind of tough
They would chew on their gum and they would have stockings with runs in them
Yeah, well they were like the tough sluts, you know?
The kind of girls who would go out with leader of the pack [E] kind of guys, you know?
That [N] would carry stilettos in their hairdos
And yet they had soft hearts inside
It was just such a fake image but yet I think it appealed
to a teenage kind of fake emotional view of life
I think the clothing and I think that when you perform music
people are always looking for a certain image or a box to put you in
It's not necessarily true, never was true
[C] Let's find out who the Shangri-Las are [Bb] You are?
Mary
Mary?
[C] Well, I know you're Mary Mary what?
Rice
[Bb] Actually, you have a great thing here because you're the only one that looks [C] different
You come out as the leader of the pack if you get the
[Eb] I can't hold it
By the [F] way, where'd you meet him? _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Cm] You made the man's of married wives that were extraordinary
You listen to her records today
and imagine that this [E] is coming from a 15, 16 year old girl
[Bb] I was asking her to be an [Gm] actress, not just this
I _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [E]
[C] had enough pain in me at the time to pull off anything [Bb] and get into it and sound [G] believable
I [F] think the performances, you can hear it on the performances
It's [Em] very easy for me _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Dbm] Studio was the place that you could really release what you're feeling
without everybody looking at you _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Walking in the [Ab] sand, walking in the sand
[Ebm] The night is so sad too
[Ab] For a long time people said, remember walking in the sand?
Wow, that's so different, that's so weird, how'd you come up with that?
I don't know, south-west of Bay Road in a Buick
We thought it was, you know, very corny but very sweet
and finally, somewhere touching, you know?
It wasn't synthetic, it was for real, like he [Db] was
Oh, whatever happened [A] to
Different _ _
[Gb] _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ [Eb] _
[Db] _ _ _ _ [A] _ brand of record, [Gbm] he was making little mini-operas
I mean, he was definitely the [Ab] [Fm] soul and inspiration of the Shangri-Las
I mean, [Db] it wouldn't exist without him
[Bb] They would come in, they were kind of tough
They would chew on their gum and they would have stockings with runs in them
Yeah, well they were like the tough sluts, you know?
The kind of girls who would go out with leader of the pack [E] kind of guys, you know?
That [N] would carry stilettos in their hairdos
And yet they had soft hearts inside
It was just such a fake image but yet I think it appealed
to a teenage kind of fake emotional view of life
I think the clothing and I think that when you perform music
people are always looking for a certain image or a box to put you in
It's not necessarily true, never was true
[C] Let's find out who the Shangri-Las are [Bb] You are?
Mary
Mary?
[C] Well, I know you're Mary Mary what?
Rice
[Bb] Actually, you have a great thing here because you're the only one that looks [C] different
You come out as the leader of the pack if you get the
[Eb] I can't hold it
By the [F] way, where'd you meet him? _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Cm] You made the man's of married wives that were extraordinary
You listen to her records today
and imagine that this [E] is coming from a 15, 16 year old girl
[Bb] I was asking her to be an [Gm] actress, not just this
I _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [E]
[C] had enough pain in me at the time to pull off anything [Bb] and get into it and sound [G] believable
I [F] think the performances, you can hear it on the performances
It's [Em] very easy for me _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Dbm] Studio was the place that you could really release what you're feeling
without everybody looking at you _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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