Chords for Freddie Cannon - Where The Action Is
Tempo:
81.075 bpm
Chords used:
C
G
F
A
D
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[C] Hey!
[G] Oh baby, come on.
Let me take you where the action is.
Oh baby, [C] come on.
Let me take you where the action [G] is.
Oh baby, come on.
Let me take you where the action is.
[F] It's Sonica, Mesa, baby, where [B] the action [A] is.
In every little town of the [D] USA.
Black, white, and people can't go never [G] again.
To leave our problems and get our [F] way.
Calm down, listen to the [B] guitar [A] play.
Dance, dance, dance, when you hear that beat.
[D] Dance, dance, dance, get up off of your seat.
[G] Dance, dance, dance, let your back bones flip.
[C] [F] Highlight show to the face on the [C] sunset strip.
[G] Oh baby, come on.
Let me take you where the action is.
Oh [C] baby, come on.
Let me take you where the action is.
Oh baby, [G] come on.
Let me take you where the action is.
[F] It's Sonica, Mesa, baby, [Cm] where the action [A#] is.
[A] All day long, even more than that.
[D] All night, I have your [G] attention.
While those sitting homes, I'm a street on the [C] flip [F]-flop.
And we just the sound of [B] the driving.
[A] Dance, dance, dance, when you hear that [D] beat.
Dance, dance, dance, get up off of your [G] seat.
Dance, dance, dance, let your back bones [C] flip.
[F] Highlight show to the face on the [C] sunset [G] strip.
Oh baby, come on.
Let me take you where the action is.
Oh [C] baby, come on.
Let me take you where the action is.
Oh [G] baby, come on.
Let me take you where the action is.
[Em] It's Sonica, [F] Mesa, baby, [G] where the [E] action is.
[C]
All right, as long as [Fm] I hear that beat.
[C]
All right, [C] listen.
Here's what we're gonna do.
You were good, all up to now.
But this is gonna be the extreme.
This makes the show work, this will make it work.
Got the best band in the land.
Remember what I said, all of you back there and upstairs,
when it all turns into one thing, it makes it go.
Hands together, [G] I need [Am] everybody, just one time.
Only about 30 seconds.
[C] One minute, here we go.
Come on, come on.
[F] [C]
Dance, Phil.
Woo hoo.
I did it now, now now, now now, now now.
I did it now.
Sing it, children.
I did it.
Now, now, now, now, now, now, now, now, now, now, now. Oh God.
[F#] Hey, oh [G] baby, come on.
Let me take you where the action is.
Oh [C] baby, come on.
Let me take you where the action is.
Oh [G] baby, come on.
Let me take you where the [Am] action is.
It's so neat to meet you, baby, where the [Cm] action is.
[Am] Say it now.
Why don't you let me just go a little bit more?
Hold on for one second.
[E] Hold on for one second.
Hold on.
Ha ha [C] ha.
It's all right, having fun, having fun.
Having fun.
You can do it.
Just this much, guys.
Watch what's gonna happen and then we're gonna do it.
Hands up high.
Way up high.
Hands up high.
One time.
Everybody out of your seat.
Everybody up.
Come on, everybody up.
Let it run one time.
Woo.
Let it roll.
Come on.
Let it roll.
Let it roll.
Let it put it on tape.
Let it roll.
Hold on.
[G] Hey.
Oh baby, come on.
Oh [C] baby, come on.
Oh baby, [G] come on.
Let me take you [Em] where the action is.
[C] It's so neat to meet you, baby, where the action is.
I wanna thank you everybody for being here.
Rock and Roll Forever.
It's been a great thing.
To the climate.
Good night, rock and rollers.
Rock.
Should we quit?
Should we stay?
Hands up high.
The Swampskin Massachusetts.
Let it roll tonight.
Climate.
Woo.
Take it home.
Hold on.
[Am] Hey.
[G] Oh baby, come on.
Oh.
[C] Oh [G] baby, come on.
Oh baby, come on.
[C] It's so neat to meet you, baby, where the action is.
You still on?
[F] We all right?
All right.
Listen to me.
Wait, hold on.
Keep playing.
Keep playing.
Keep playing.
You gotta keep playing for a second.
[C] Don't quit playing.
[F] [C] I hope those folks that came [F] here tonight,
[C] there's a few of them that weren't sure
about rock and roll music.
And where it came from.
It was here.
It was right here.
[F] And [C] all those little guys upstairs and over here,
and all those little children, I love you guys.
I thank you for being here.
Good night, everybody.
[N]
[G] Oh baby, come on.
Let me take you where the action is.
Oh baby, [C] come on.
Let me take you where the action [G] is.
Oh baby, come on.
Let me take you where the action is.
[F] It's Sonica, Mesa, baby, where [B] the action [A] is.
In every little town of the [D] USA.
Black, white, and people can't go never [G] again.
To leave our problems and get our [F] way.
Calm down, listen to the [B] guitar [A] play.
Dance, dance, dance, when you hear that beat.
[D] Dance, dance, dance, get up off of your seat.
[G] Dance, dance, dance, let your back bones flip.
[C] [F] Highlight show to the face on the [C] sunset strip.
[G] Oh baby, come on.
Let me take you where the action is.
Oh [C] baby, come on.
Let me take you where the action is.
Oh baby, [G] come on.
Let me take you where the action is.
[F] It's Sonica, Mesa, baby, [Cm] where the action [A#] is.
[A] All day long, even more than that.
[D] All night, I have your [G] attention.
While those sitting homes, I'm a street on the [C] flip [F]-flop.
And we just the sound of [B] the driving.
[A] Dance, dance, dance, when you hear that [D] beat.
Dance, dance, dance, get up off of your [G] seat.
Dance, dance, dance, let your back bones [C] flip.
[F] Highlight show to the face on the [C] sunset [G] strip.
Oh baby, come on.
Let me take you where the action is.
Oh [C] baby, come on.
Let me take you where the action is.
Oh [G] baby, come on.
Let me take you where the action is.
[Em] It's Sonica, [F] Mesa, baby, [G] where the [E] action is.
[C]
All right, as long as [Fm] I hear that beat.
[C]
All right, [C] listen.
Here's what we're gonna do.
You were good, all up to now.
But this is gonna be the extreme.
This makes the show work, this will make it work.
Got the best band in the land.
Remember what I said, all of you back there and upstairs,
when it all turns into one thing, it makes it go.
Hands together, [G] I need [Am] everybody, just one time.
Only about 30 seconds.
[C] One minute, here we go.
Come on, come on.
[F] [C]
Dance, Phil.
Woo hoo.
I did it now, now now, now now, now now.
I did it now.
Sing it, children.
I did it.
Now, now, now, now, now, now, now, now, now, now, now. Oh God.
[F#] Hey, oh [G] baby, come on.
Let me take you where the action is.
Oh [C] baby, come on.
Let me take you where the action is.
Oh [G] baby, come on.
Let me take you where the [Am] action is.
It's so neat to meet you, baby, where the [Cm] action is.
[Am] Say it now.
Why don't you let me just go a little bit more?
Hold on for one second.
[E] Hold on for one second.
Hold on.
Ha ha [C] ha.
It's all right, having fun, having fun.
Having fun.
You can do it.
Just this much, guys.
Watch what's gonna happen and then we're gonna do it.
Hands up high.
Way up high.
Hands up high.
One time.
Everybody out of your seat.
Everybody up.
Come on, everybody up.
Let it run one time.
Woo.
Let it roll.
Come on.
Let it roll.
Let it roll.
Let it put it on tape.
Let it roll.
Hold on.
[G] Hey.
Oh baby, come on.
Oh [C] baby, come on.
Oh baby, [G] come on.
Let me take you [Em] where the action is.
[C] It's so neat to meet you, baby, where the action is.
I wanna thank you everybody for being here.
Rock and Roll Forever.
It's been a great thing.
To the climate.
Good night, rock and rollers.
Rock.
Should we quit?
Should we stay?
Hands up high.
The Swampskin Massachusetts.
Let it roll tonight.
Climate.
Woo.
Take it home.
Hold on.
[Am] Hey.
[G] Oh baby, come on.
Oh.
[C] Oh [G] baby, come on.
Oh baby, come on.
[C] It's so neat to meet you, baby, where the action is.
You still on?
[F] We all right?
All right.
Listen to me.
Wait, hold on.
Keep playing.
Keep playing.
Keep playing.
You gotta keep playing for a second.
[C] Don't quit playing.
[F] [C] I hope those folks that came [F] here tonight,
[C] there's a few of them that weren't sure
about rock and roll music.
And where it came from.
It was here.
It was right here.
[F] And [C] all those little guys upstairs and over here,
and all those little children, I love you guys.
I thank you for being here.
Good night, everybody.
[N]
Key:
C
G
F
A
D
C
G
F
[C] _ _ _ _ Hey!
[G] Oh baby, come on.
Let me take you where the action is.
Oh baby, [C] come on.
Let me take you where the action [G] is.
Oh baby, come on.
Let me take you where the action is.
[F] It's Sonica, Mesa, baby, where [B] the action [A] is.
In every little town of the [D] USA.
Black, white, and people can't go never [G] again.
To leave our problems and get our [F] way.
Calm down, listen to the [B] guitar [A] play.
Dance, dance, dance, when you hear that beat.
[D] Dance, dance, dance, get up off of your seat.
[G] Dance, dance, dance, let your back bones flip.
[C] [F] Highlight show to the face on the [C] sunset strip.
[G] Oh baby, come on.
Let me take you where the action is.
Oh [C] baby, come on.
Let me take you where the action is.
Oh baby, [G] come on.
Let me take you where the action is.
[F] It's Sonica, Mesa, baby, [Cm] where the action [A#] is.
[A] All day long, even more than that.
[D] All night, I have your [G] attention.
While those sitting homes, I'm a street on the [C] flip [F]-flop.
And we just the sound of [B] the driving.
[A] Dance, dance, dance, when you hear that [D] beat.
Dance, dance, dance, get up off of your [G] seat.
Dance, dance, dance, let your back bones [C] flip.
[F] Highlight show to the face on the [C] sunset [G] strip.
Oh baby, come on.
Let me take you where the action is.
Oh [C] baby, come on.
Let me take you where the action is.
Oh [G] baby, come on.
Let me take you where the action is.
[Em] It's Sonica, [F] Mesa, baby, [G] where the [E] action is.
[C] _
All right, as long as [Fm] I hear that beat.
[C] _
All right, [C] listen.
Here's what we're gonna do.
You were good, all up to now.
But this is gonna be the extreme.
This makes the show work, this will make it work.
Got the best band in the land.
Remember what I said, all of you back there and upstairs,
when it all turns into one thing, it makes it go.
Hands together, [G] I need [Am] everybody, just one time.
Only about 30 seconds.
[C] One minute, here we go.
Come on, come on.
_ _ _ [F] _ [C] _
_ _ _ Dance, Phil.
Woo hoo. _
I did it now, now _ now, now now, now now.
I did it now.
Sing it, children.
I did it.
Now, now, now, now, now, now, now, _ _ now, now, now, now. Oh God.
[F#] Hey, oh [G] baby, come on.
Let me take you where the action is.
Oh [C] baby, come on.
Let me take you where the action is.
Oh [G] baby, come on.
Let me take you where the [Am] action is.
It's so neat to meet you, baby, where the [Cm] action is.
[Am] _ Say it now.
Why don't you let me just go a little bit more?
Hold on for one second.
[E] Hold on for one second.
Hold on.
Ha ha [C] ha.
It's all right, having fun, having fun.
Having fun.
You can do it.
Just this much, guys.
Watch what's gonna happen and then we're gonna do it.
Hands up high.
Way up high.
Hands up high.
One time.
Everybody out of your seat.
Everybody up.
Come on, everybody up.
Let it run one time.
Woo.
Let it roll.
Come on. _
Let it _ _ roll. _ _
Let it roll.
Let it put it on tape.
_ _ Let it roll.
_ Hold on.
[G] Hey.
Oh baby, come on.
_ Oh [C] baby, come on.
Oh baby, [G] come on.
Let me take you [Em] where the action is.
[C] It's so neat to meet you, baby, where the action is. _
I wanna thank you everybody for being here.
Rock and Roll Forever.
It's been a great thing.
To the climate.
Good night, rock and rollers. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Rock. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ Should we quit?
Should we stay?
Hands up high.
_ _ _ The Swampskin Massachusetts.
Let it roll tonight.
Climate.
Woo. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
Take it home. _ _ _ _ _
_ Hold on.
[Am] Hey.
[G] Oh baby, come on.
Oh.
[C] _ Oh [G] baby, come on.
Oh baby, come on.
[C] It's so neat to meet you, baby, where the action is. _ _
You still on?
[F] We all right?
All right.
Listen to me.
Wait, hold on.
Keep playing.
Keep playing.
Keep playing.
You gotta keep playing for a second.
[C] Don't quit playing.
_ [F] [C] I hope those folks that came [F] here tonight,
[C] there's a few of them that weren't sure
about rock and roll music.
And where it came from.
It was here. _ _
It was right here.
[F] And [C] all those little guys upstairs and over here,
and all those little children, I love you guys.
I thank you for being here.
Good night, everybody.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _
[G] Oh baby, come on.
Let me take you where the action is.
Oh baby, [C] come on.
Let me take you where the action [G] is.
Oh baby, come on.
Let me take you where the action is.
[F] It's Sonica, Mesa, baby, where [B] the action [A] is.
In every little town of the [D] USA.
Black, white, and people can't go never [G] again.
To leave our problems and get our [F] way.
Calm down, listen to the [B] guitar [A] play.
Dance, dance, dance, when you hear that beat.
[D] Dance, dance, dance, get up off of your seat.
[G] Dance, dance, dance, let your back bones flip.
[C] [F] Highlight show to the face on the [C] sunset strip.
[G] Oh baby, come on.
Let me take you where the action is.
Oh [C] baby, come on.
Let me take you where the action is.
Oh baby, [G] come on.
Let me take you where the action is.
[F] It's Sonica, Mesa, baby, [Cm] where the action [A#] is.
[A] All day long, even more than that.
[D] All night, I have your [G] attention.
While those sitting homes, I'm a street on the [C] flip [F]-flop.
And we just the sound of [B] the driving.
[A] Dance, dance, dance, when you hear that [D] beat.
Dance, dance, dance, get up off of your [G] seat.
Dance, dance, dance, let your back bones [C] flip.
[F] Highlight show to the face on the [C] sunset [G] strip.
Oh baby, come on.
Let me take you where the action is.
Oh [C] baby, come on.
Let me take you where the action is.
Oh [G] baby, come on.
Let me take you where the action is.
[Em] It's Sonica, [F] Mesa, baby, [G] where the [E] action is.
[C] _
All right, as long as [Fm] I hear that beat.
[C] _
All right, [C] listen.
Here's what we're gonna do.
You were good, all up to now.
But this is gonna be the extreme.
This makes the show work, this will make it work.
Got the best band in the land.
Remember what I said, all of you back there and upstairs,
when it all turns into one thing, it makes it go.
Hands together, [G] I need [Am] everybody, just one time.
Only about 30 seconds.
[C] One minute, here we go.
Come on, come on.
_ _ _ [F] _ [C] _
_ _ _ Dance, Phil.
Woo hoo. _
I did it now, now _ now, now now, now now.
I did it now.
Sing it, children.
I did it.
Now, now, now, now, now, now, now, _ _ now, now, now, now. Oh God.
[F#] Hey, oh [G] baby, come on.
Let me take you where the action is.
Oh [C] baby, come on.
Let me take you where the action is.
Oh [G] baby, come on.
Let me take you where the [Am] action is.
It's so neat to meet you, baby, where the [Cm] action is.
[Am] _ Say it now.
Why don't you let me just go a little bit more?
Hold on for one second.
[E] Hold on for one second.
Hold on.
Ha ha [C] ha.
It's all right, having fun, having fun.
Having fun.
You can do it.
Just this much, guys.
Watch what's gonna happen and then we're gonna do it.
Hands up high.
Way up high.
Hands up high.
One time.
Everybody out of your seat.
Everybody up.
Come on, everybody up.
Let it run one time.
Woo.
Let it roll.
Come on. _
Let it _ _ roll. _ _
Let it roll.
Let it put it on tape.
_ _ Let it roll.
_ Hold on.
[G] Hey.
Oh baby, come on.
_ Oh [C] baby, come on.
Oh baby, [G] come on.
Let me take you [Em] where the action is.
[C] It's so neat to meet you, baby, where the action is. _
I wanna thank you everybody for being here.
Rock and Roll Forever.
It's been a great thing.
To the climate.
Good night, rock and rollers. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Rock. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ Should we quit?
Should we stay?
Hands up high.
_ _ _ The Swampskin Massachusetts.
Let it roll tonight.
Climate.
Woo. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
Take it home. _ _ _ _ _
_ Hold on.
[Am] Hey.
[G] Oh baby, come on.
Oh.
[C] _ Oh [G] baby, come on.
Oh baby, come on.
[C] It's so neat to meet you, baby, where the action is. _ _
You still on?
[F] We all right?
All right.
Listen to me.
Wait, hold on.
Keep playing.
Keep playing.
Keep playing.
You gotta keep playing for a second.
[C] Don't quit playing.
_ [F] [C] I hope those folks that came [F] here tonight,
[C] there's a few of them that weren't sure
about rock and roll music.
And where it came from.
It was here. _ _
It was right here.
[F] And [C] all those little guys upstairs and over here,
and all those little children, I love you guys.
I thank you for being here.
Good night, everybody.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _