Chords for Lonnie Donegan - "Puttin' On The Style" - original 78
Tempo:
102.65 bpm
Chords used:
D
A
G
B
Dm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[D] [Dm]
[Dm] [D]
Sweet Sixteen goes to church just to see the [A] boys
Laughs and screams and giggles at [B] every little [D] noise
Turns her face a little, then turns her [G] head a while
[A] But everybody knows she's only [G] putting on [D] the style
She's [A] putting on the [D] agony, putting on the [A] style
[Em] That's what all the young folks [Am] are doing all [D] the while
And as I look around me, I sometimes [G] have to smile
[B] Seeing all the young [G] folks putting [D] on the style
With a young man in a hot rod car, driving [A] like he's mad
With a pair of yellow gloves he's [B] borrowed from [D] his dad
He makes it roar so lively just to see his girlfriend [G] smile
[Am] But she knows he's [G] only putting [D] on the style
She's putting on the agony, putting [G] on [Em] the style
That's what all the young folks are doing [D] all the while
And as I look around me, I [G] sometimes have to smile
[A] Seeing all the young folks [G] putting on the [D] style
Preacher in the pulpit, roars with all [A] his might
Sing a lorry, hallelujah, puts the folks all [D] in a fright
Now you might think it's Satan that's coming [G] down the aisle
[A] But it's only our poor preacher boys that's putting [D] on his style
Putting on the agony, [G] putting on the [E] style
That's what all the young folks are doing all the [Bb] while
And [D] as I look around me, I sometimes [G] have to smile
[A] Seeing all the young folks putting on the [D] style
[A]
[E] [D]
[G] [A]
With a young man [D] in a hot rod car, driving like he's mad
Putting on the agony, putting [A] on the style
That's what all the young folks are doing [D] all the while
And as I look around me, I sometimes [G] have to smile
[A] Seeing all the young folks putting [D] on the style
Putting on the agony, putting [A] on the style
That's what all the young folks are doing [D] all the while
And as I look around me, I sometimes have [G] to smile
[A] Seeing all the young folks putting on the [D] style
[N]
[Dm] [D]
Sweet Sixteen goes to church just to see the [A] boys
Laughs and screams and giggles at [B] every little [D] noise
Turns her face a little, then turns her [G] head a while
[A] But everybody knows she's only [G] putting on [D] the style
She's [A] putting on the [D] agony, putting on the [A] style
[Em] That's what all the young folks [Am] are doing all [D] the while
And as I look around me, I sometimes [G] have to smile
[B] Seeing all the young [G] folks putting [D] on the style
With a young man in a hot rod car, driving [A] like he's mad
With a pair of yellow gloves he's [B] borrowed from [D] his dad
He makes it roar so lively just to see his girlfriend [G] smile
[Am] But she knows he's [G] only putting [D] on the style
She's putting on the agony, putting [G] on [Em] the style
That's what all the young folks are doing [D] all the while
And as I look around me, I [G] sometimes have to smile
[A] Seeing all the young folks [G] putting on the [D] style
Preacher in the pulpit, roars with all [A] his might
Sing a lorry, hallelujah, puts the folks all [D] in a fright
Now you might think it's Satan that's coming [G] down the aisle
[A] But it's only our poor preacher boys that's putting [D] on his style
Putting on the agony, [G] putting on the [E] style
That's what all the young folks are doing all the [Bb] while
And [D] as I look around me, I sometimes [G] have to smile
[A] Seeing all the young folks putting on the [D] style
[A]
[E] [D]
[G] [A]
With a young man [D] in a hot rod car, driving like he's mad
Putting on the agony, putting [A] on the style
That's what all the young folks are doing [D] all the while
And as I look around me, I sometimes [G] have to smile
[A] Seeing all the young folks putting [D] on the style
Putting on the agony, putting [A] on the style
That's what all the young folks are doing [D] all the while
And as I look around me, I sometimes have [G] to smile
[A] Seeing all the young folks putting on the [D] style
[N]
Key:
D
A
G
B
Dm
D
A
G
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _
_ _ [Dm] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
Sweet Sixteen goes to church just to see the [A] boys
Laughs and screams and giggles at [B] every little [D] noise
Turns her face a little, then turns her [G] head a while
[A] But everybody knows she's only [G] putting on [D] the style
She's [A] putting on the [D] agony, putting on the [A] style
[Em] That's what all the young folks [Am] are doing all [D] the while
And as I look around me, I sometimes [G] have to smile
[B] Seeing all the young [G] folks putting [D] on the style _ _
_ _ With a young man in a hot rod car, driving [A] like he's mad
With a pair of yellow gloves he's [B] borrowed from [D] his dad
He makes it roar so lively just to see his girlfriend [G] smile
[Am] But she knows he's [G] only putting [D] on the style
She's putting on the agony, putting [G] on [Em] the style
That's what all the young folks are doing [D] all the while
And as I look around me, I [G] sometimes have to smile
[A] Seeing all the young folks [G] putting on the [D] style _ _
_ _ _ _ Preacher in the pulpit, roars with all [A] his might
Sing a lorry, hallelujah, puts the folks all [D] in a fright
Now you might think it's Satan that's coming [G] down the aisle
[A] But it's only our poor preacher boys that's putting [D] on his style
Putting on the agony, [G] putting on the [E] style
That's what all the young folks are doing all the [Bb] while
And [D] as I look around me, I sometimes [G] have to smile
[A] Seeing all the young folks putting on the [D] style _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [E] _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ [A] _ _ _
With a young man [D] in a hot rod car, driving like he's mad
Putting on the agony, putting [A] on the style
That's what all the young folks are doing [D] all the while
And as I look around me, I sometimes [G] have to smile
[A] Seeing all the young folks putting [D] on the style
Putting on the agony, putting [A] on the style
That's what all the young folks are doing [D] all the while
And as I look around me, I sometimes have [G] to smile
[A] Seeing all the young folks putting on the [D] style _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [N] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Dm] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
Sweet Sixteen goes to church just to see the [A] boys
Laughs and screams and giggles at [B] every little [D] noise
Turns her face a little, then turns her [G] head a while
[A] But everybody knows she's only [G] putting on [D] the style
She's [A] putting on the [D] agony, putting on the [A] style
[Em] That's what all the young folks [Am] are doing all [D] the while
And as I look around me, I sometimes [G] have to smile
[B] Seeing all the young [G] folks putting [D] on the style _ _
_ _ With a young man in a hot rod car, driving [A] like he's mad
With a pair of yellow gloves he's [B] borrowed from [D] his dad
He makes it roar so lively just to see his girlfriend [G] smile
[Am] But she knows he's [G] only putting [D] on the style
She's putting on the agony, putting [G] on [Em] the style
That's what all the young folks are doing [D] all the while
And as I look around me, I [G] sometimes have to smile
[A] Seeing all the young folks [G] putting on the [D] style _ _
_ _ _ _ Preacher in the pulpit, roars with all [A] his might
Sing a lorry, hallelujah, puts the folks all [D] in a fright
Now you might think it's Satan that's coming [G] down the aisle
[A] But it's only our poor preacher boys that's putting [D] on his style
Putting on the agony, [G] putting on the [E] style
That's what all the young folks are doing all the [Bb] while
And [D] as I look around me, I sometimes [G] have to smile
[A] Seeing all the young folks putting on the [D] style _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [E] _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ [A] _ _ _
With a young man [D] in a hot rod car, driving like he's mad
Putting on the agony, putting [A] on the style
That's what all the young folks are doing [D] all the while
And as I look around me, I sometimes [G] have to smile
[A] Seeing all the young folks putting [D] on the style
Putting on the agony, putting [A] on the style
That's what all the young folks are doing [D] all the while
And as I look around me, I sometimes have [G] to smile
[A] Seeing all the young folks putting on the [D] style _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [N] _ _ _ _
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