Date: Sat, 20 Dec 1997 16:26:19 -0500
From: Andrew Rogers
Subject: ./m/manfred_mann
«Sha La La»
(R. Taylor — R. Mosley)
Intro:
(alto sax doubled w/organ, arr. for guitar):
F Bb [2X]
v v v v v v v v
——5-8——5—|——————
—————6-|-8—6—6—8—
——————|——-7———
——————|——————
——————|——————
——————|——————
^ omit before bridge
Chorus 1:
F Bb
Sha-la-la la-la-la-la
F Bb
Sha-la-la-la-la-la la-la-la
F Bb (F)
Sha-la-la la-la la-la-la-la la
[repeat intro]
Verse 1:
F Bb
I met you for the first time last night
F Bb
When I kissed you and I held you tight
F Bb
Baby, you made me feel all right
F Bb
So this is the song that I sang all night
Chorus 2:
Sha-la-la la-la-la-la (oh-ho-ho)
Sha-la-la-la-la-la la-la-la (oh, yeah)
Sha-la-la la-la la-la-la-la la
[repeat intro]
Verse 2:
When you kissed me I felt so weak
I never had so grand a treat
Each time I see you walkin’ down the street
My heart starts singin’ to the sha-la beat, singin’
Chorus 3:
Sha-la-la la-la-la-la (oh, yeah)
Sha-la-la-la-la-la la-la-la (yes-ah)
Sha-la-la la-la la-la-la-la la
[repeat intro]
Bridge:
Bb C
Sha-la-la, say you love me too
Bb F
Sha-la-la, my love is true
Dm
[1: Let’s 2: We’ll] spend our lives together
Db C
We’ll be happy forever, yeah [2: yeah]
Chorus 4:
Sha-la-la la-la-la-la (yeah-ea-eah)
Sha-la-la-la-la-la la-la-la (oh-oh, yeah)
Sha-la-la la-la la-la-la-la la
[repeat intro]
[repeat bridge]
Coda [repeat to fade]:
F Bb
Sha-la-la la-la-la-la (you can sing it to me)
F Bb
Sha-la-la-la-la-la la-la-la (sing it to me, yeah)
F Bb (F)
Sha-la-la la-la la-la-la-la la (just a little bit louder)
— another ace 60’s tab from Andrew Rogers
