The Sing-Off - North Shore - Runaround Sue Chords

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_ _ _ _ _ We are North Shore [Bb] from Boston, [Gb] Massachusetts.
[A] _ [C] Our style of music is street corner doo-wop.
_ _ [Ab] _ Street corner doo-wop really stems [C] from starting in the streets,
learning how to sing harmony,
with a gallon of Zipf and [N] Del wine. _
_ Our mission is to prove that doo-wop is not dead. _
Vinnie and I were in a disco band in the 70s,
and around 79 we made the band smaller.
We were just five singers, no music.
We walked into clubs, auditioned.
We had jobs just like that.
And we've been singing professionally ever since. _
You know, funny thing is, if I wasn't singing for a living,
I'd probably be homeless.
You know what Tommy could do for a living?
He could smoke a cigar and talk to his wife on the phone.
[E] I love these guys.
They're good people.
And I mean that from the heart.
Pat, you're bad.
We're just regular guys.
We love our families.
My future a cappella singers.
And we're just blessed to be able to sing and make a living at it.
[A] [Db] I love _ [Abm] _ _ [G] _ [Ab] _ _ _ [A] _
[Eb] to sing, but it's not like it was back in the 70s and [G] 80s.
The economy's been awful.
It's affected all of us.
[Eb] Beyond the [Fm] rainbow, [Ab] I_
I've been singing since 1965, but this is our worst year yet.
[Gb] I've even been thinking about getting a regular [Eb] job and quitting.
If the [Ab] sing-off doesn't work, it could very well be the end of North [N] Shore.
Hey, that's too bad, man.
Let's get you a drink.
Can they score the victory they need to keep them in the business?
Performing Runaround Sioux by Guion, here is North Shore. _ _ _ _
Here's my story, it's sad but true
It's all [Em] about a girl that I once knew
She took my love, then she ran around
With [A] every single [N] guy in town
I should have known from the very start
That the girl would leave me with a broken heart
Listen, people wanna tell me
To keep away from a runaround
I miss her lips [E] and the smile
[Bm] The touch of her hair, girls want it [N] bad
So if you don't wanna cry like I do
To keep away from a runaround
_ Keep away from the _ life she'll do
Keep away from the Sioux
_ [G] She loves to [B] travel the [N] world, she loves it bad
_ [G] _ _ _ [N] You know she goes out with other guys
Here's the moral and the story from the guy who knows
I fell in love with my nuns, two foes
Asking who she ought to know
To keep away from runaround Sioux
Keep away from that girl, come on
I don't know what I'd still do
Keep away from Sioux
[D] Keep away from Sioux
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_ _ _ And it's done so [Bb] impeccably.
And I love when I can't tell who's singing which part
from the harmonies.
Your blend is so perfect.
I can't even [B] pick out the voices.
Besides Guy, who is a stellar frontman
and you have so much [Bb] personality.
[N] I mean, my God!
_ _ But I wanted to say, you had mentioned that
the economy has been so rough
that you had considered trying to look in another direction
and don't stop singing.
Please don't stop singing.
_ _ Ben, how'd they do?
Well, you can't argue with that.
That was great.
You guys are so relaxed.
And when you're relaxed and you hang on to the groove like that
and you don't rush and you don't push it.
All us kids learn something from that
because energy doesn't necessarily mean you go flying off the handle.
Thomas, the bass lines are awesome. _
_ _ _ _ _ And, you know, really relatable bass part.
You could just have the lead vocal and the bass
and it was still going to groove and all without a beatbox.
Which is refreshing.
This is not what makes music groove, it's drums necessarily.
And you guys rocked it.
You guys are great.
_ _ _ Sean?
You know, when Doo-Wop is done right,
it sounds so crisp and clean
and classic and timeless.
You gentlemen did it right.
It's so nice to have veterans like yourselves on a show like this
because it provides an authenticity that
honestly only the sing-off can actually have.
It really shows these youngsters what it takes
to really be true performers
and really be true singers and a cappella performers.
And honestly, the bass of Doo-Wop is the bass.
And Thomas, you held it down, man.
You held it down.
And Guy, with your energy, man.
I love you, man.
Your _ _ energy is awesome.
And the way you delivered the lead was perfect.
It wasn't too much.
It definitely wasn't too little.
It was a great performance.
Great performance.
_ Okay.
Well, we're moments away from seeing if your run