Chords for Lonnie Donegan - Does Your Chewing Gum Lose Its Flavor
Tempo:
113.95 bpm
Chords used:
G
D
A
C
Cm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[G] [D]
[Bm] [G]
Only oh my oh me, whatever shall I do?
Hallelujah, the question is peculiar, I'll give the lie a go
If only I could know, [A] the answer to my question is it yes or is [E] it no?
Does [G] your chewing gum lose its flavor [D] on the bedpost overnight?
If your mother says don't chew it, do [G] you swallow it in spite?
[C] Can you catch it [D] on your tonsils, [G] can you heave it [Cm] left and right?
[G] Does your chewing gum lose its flavor [A] on the bedpost [G] overnight?
Here comes the blushing bride, the groom is by her side
[C] Up [G] to the altar, getting steady as they pralter
While the groom has got the ring, and it's such a pretty thing
[A] But as she slips it on her finger, the choir begins to sing
[B] Does [G] your chewing gum lose its flavor [D] on the bedpost overnight?
If your mother says don't chew it, [G] do you swallow it in spite?
[C] Can you catch it on your [G] tonsils, can you heave [Cm] it left and right?
[G] Does your chewing gum lose its flavor [A] on the [G] bedpost overnight?
Now the nation of risers, one to stand there on its own
[Am] Up [G] to the white ally, the nation's only white house
The white pair of discontent, on to the preside
[A] A bonny burning question, what has swept this [C#] continent?
If tin whistles are made of tin, what do they make foghorns out of?
[G] Does your chewing gum lose its flavor on the [D] bedpost overnight?
If your mother says don't chew it, do you swallow it in spite?
Can you catch [D] it on your [G] tonsils, can you heave [Cm] it left and right?
[G] Does your chewing gum lose its flavor on the bedpost overnight?
[A] On the [D] bedpost overnight
[A] I'm all there to love you, [Em] hold your time
I'm Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, [A] night
On the bedpost [D] [G] overnight
Now there is a dollar and a dime, I am
He's singing another [A] chorus but he hasn't got the time
On the bedpost [D] overnight
[G] [N]
[Bm] [G]
Only oh my oh me, whatever shall I do?
Hallelujah, the question is peculiar, I'll give the lie a go
If only I could know, [A] the answer to my question is it yes or is [E] it no?
Does [G] your chewing gum lose its flavor [D] on the bedpost overnight?
If your mother says don't chew it, do [G] you swallow it in spite?
[C] Can you catch it [D] on your tonsils, [G] can you heave it [Cm] left and right?
[G] Does your chewing gum lose its flavor [A] on the bedpost [G] overnight?
Here comes the blushing bride, the groom is by her side
[C] Up [G] to the altar, getting steady as they pralter
While the groom has got the ring, and it's such a pretty thing
[A] But as she slips it on her finger, the choir begins to sing
[B] Does [G] your chewing gum lose its flavor [D] on the bedpost overnight?
If your mother says don't chew it, [G] do you swallow it in spite?
[C] Can you catch it on your [G] tonsils, can you heave [Cm] it left and right?
[G] Does your chewing gum lose its flavor [A] on the [G] bedpost overnight?
Now the nation of risers, one to stand there on its own
[Am] Up [G] to the white ally, the nation's only white house
The white pair of discontent, on to the preside
[A] A bonny burning question, what has swept this [C#] continent?
If tin whistles are made of tin, what do they make foghorns out of?
[G] Does your chewing gum lose its flavor on the [D] bedpost overnight?
If your mother says don't chew it, do you swallow it in spite?
Can you catch [D] it on your [G] tonsils, can you heave [Cm] it left and right?
[G] Does your chewing gum lose its flavor on the bedpost overnight?
[A] On the [D] bedpost overnight
[A] I'm all there to love you, [Em] hold your time
I'm Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, [A] night
On the bedpost [D] [G] overnight
Now there is a dollar and a dime, I am
He's singing another [A] chorus but he hasn't got the time
On the bedpost [D] overnight
[G] [N]
Key:
G
D
A
C
Cm
G
D
A
_ _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ [Bm] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ Only oh my oh me, whatever shall I do?
_ _ Hallelujah, the question is peculiar, I'll give the lie a go
If only I could know, [A] the answer to my question is it yes or is [E] it no?
Does [G] your chewing gum lose its flavor [D] on the bedpost overnight?
If your mother says don't chew it, do [G] you swallow it in spite?
[C] Can you catch it [D] on your tonsils, [G] can you heave it [Cm] left and right?
[G] Does your chewing gum lose its flavor [A] on the bedpost [G] overnight?
Here comes the blushing bride, the groom is by her side
[C] Up [G] to the altar, getting steady as they pralter
While the groom has got the ring, and it's such a pretty thing
[A] But as she slips it on her finger, the choir begins to sing
[B] _ _ Does [G] your chewing gum lose its flavor [D] on the bedpost overnight?
If your mother says don't chew it, [G] do you swallow it in spite?
[C] Can you catch it on your [G] tonsils, can you heave [Cm] it left and right?
[G] Does your chewing gum lose its flavor [A] on the [G] bedpost overnight?
Now the nation of risers, one to stand there on its own
[Am] Up [G] to the white ally, the nation's only white house
The white pair of discontent, on to the preside
[A] A bonny burning question, what has swept this [C#] continent?
If tin whistles are made of tin, what do they make foghorns out of?
_ [G] Does your chewing gum lose its flavor on the [D] bedpost overnight?
If your mother says don't chew it, do you swallow it in spite?
Can you catch [D] it on your [G] tonsils, can you heave [Cm] it left and right?
[G] Does your chewing gum lose its flavor on the bedpost overnight?
[A] On the _ _ [D] bedpost _ overnight
[A] I'm all there to love you, [Em] hold your time
I'm Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, [A] night
On the bedpost [D] _ _ _ [G] overnight
Now there is a dollar and a dime, I am
He's singing another [A] chorus but he hasn't got the time
On the _ bedpost [D] _ _ overnight
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Bm] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ Only oh my oh me, whatever shall I do?
_ _ Hallelujah, the question is peculiar, I'll give the lie a go
If only I could know, [A] the answer to my question is it yes or is [E] it no?
Does [G] your chewing gum lose its flavor [D] on the bedpost overnight?
If your mother says don't chew it, do [G] you swallow it in spite?
[C] Can you catch it [D] on your tonsils, [G] can you heave it [Cm] left and right?
[G] Does your chewing gum lose its flavor [A] on the bedpost [G] overnight?
Here comes the blushing bride, the groom is by her side
[C] Up [G] to the altar, getting steady as they pralter
While the groom has got the ring, and it's such a pretty thing
[A] But as she slips it on her finger, the choir begins to sing
[B] _ _ Does [G] your chewing gum lose its flavor [D] on the bedpost overnight?
If your mother says don't chew it, [G] do you swallow it in spite?
[C] Can you catch it on your [G] tonsils, can you heave [Cm] it left and right?
[G] Does your chewing gum lose its flavor [A] on the [G] bedpost overnight?
Now the nation of risers, one to stand there on its own
[Am] Up [G] to the white ally, the nation's only white house
The white pair of discontent, on to the preside
[A] A bonny burning question, what has swept this [C#] continent?
If tin whistles are made of tin, what do they make foghorns out of?
_ [G] Does your chewing gum lose its flavor on the [D] bedpost overnight?
If your mother says don't chew it, do you swallow it in spite?
Can you catch [D] it on your [G] tonsils, can you heave [Cm] it left and right?
[G] Does your chewing gum lose its flavor on the bedpost overnight?
[A] On the _ _ [D] bedpost _ overnight
[A] I'm all there to love you, [Em] hold your time
I'm Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, [A] night
On the bedpost [D] _ _ _ [G] overnight
Now there is a dollar and a dime, I am
He's singing another [A] chorus but he hasn't got the time
On the _ bedpost [D] _ _ overnight
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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