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Ding-A-Ling Chords

Music by: Chuck Berry
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[Intro 1]
[D]
[A]

[Verse 1]
[D]When I [A]was [G]a little bitty boy
My [A]grandmother bought
me [D]a cute little [A]toy
[D]Silver bells hanging [G]on a string
She [A]told me it was my [D]ding-
a- ling- a- ling, oh

[Verse 2]
[D]My ding- a- ling, [G]my ding- a- ling,
[A]I want you to play with m[D]y ding- a- ling!
My ding- a- ling, [G]my ding- a- ling,
[A]I want you to play with my ding- a- l[D]ing!
Beautiful, beau[A]tiful, beautiful!

[Verse 3]
[D]Hmm, and then mama took
me to [G]grammar school
But [A]I stopped off in the v[D]estibule[A]
[D]Every time [G]that bell would ring
[A]Catch me playing with [D]my
[A]ding- a- [D]ling- a- ling, oh

[Verse 4]
[D]My ding- a- ling, [G]my ding- a- ling,
[A]I want you to play with m[D]y ding- a[A]- ling!
[D]My ding- a- ling, [G]my ding- a- ling,
[A]I want you to play with m[D]y ding- a- ling!

[Verse 5]
Oh, that is beautiful You know what I heard, I heard
[G]
I heard two girls [A]over [D]here singing in harmony,
[G]that's all right, honey
This is a free [A]country,
live like [D]you wanna live, baby!
Yeah, ain't [A]nobody [D]gonna knock it,
[G]doll, mm- mm
Yeah, freedom
Yes sir, there's one [A]guy right over here singin' [D]"mine" too,
that's all right, brother!
Yes sir, you got a [G]right, baby,
[A]ain't nobody gonna bother [D]you, tell you

[Verse 6]
[D]Once I was climbing the [G]garden [A]wall
I slipped and had a [D]terrible fall
I fell so hard I [G]heard bells ring
[A]But held on to my [D]ding- a- ling- a- ling

[Verse 7]
[D]My ding- a- ling, [G]my ding- a- ling,
[A]I want you to play with my d[D]ing- a- ling!
My ding- a- ling, [G]my ding- a- ling,
[A]I want you to play with m[D]y ding- a- ling!

[Verse 8]
Hmm, you [G]know that's future parlia
[A]ment out there singin'?
Oh yeah! (yeah!)

[Verse 9]
Hmm, once I was [D]swimming
'cross turtle creek
Man, them snappers all around my feet
Sure was hard swimming
'cross [G]that [A]thing
With both hands holding my [D]ding- a- ling

[Verse 10]
Oh, my ding- [D]a- ling, [G]my ding- a- ling,
[A]I want you to play with m[D]y ding- a- ling!
My ding- a- ling, [G]my ding- a- ling,
[A]I want you to play with my d[D]ing- a- ling!

[Verse 11]
That's so [D]beautiful
I think it's a beautiful little song, really I do
And guess what,
every[G]body's still not singing
There's a few right down front here
that's not [A]singing
We're gonna dedicate this verse to
those who will [D]not sing, yes sir

[Verse 12]
Hmm, this here song it ain't so sad The [D]cutest
little song you ever had
Those of you [G]who will not sing
[A]You must be playing with
your [D]own ding- a- ling

[Verse 13]
[D]My ding- a- ling, [G]my ding- a- ling,
[A]I want you to play with m[D]y ding- a- ling!
My ding- a- ling, [G]my ding- a- ling,
[A]I want you to play with my ding- a- ling!

[Verse 14]
Oh, your own, ding- a- [D]ling, your own ding- a- ling,
we saw you playing with your ding- a- ling
[G]Oh, my ding- a- ling, everybody sing,
[A]I want to play with m[D]y, everybody

[Verse 15]
[D]My ding- a- ling, oh, [G]my, ding- a- ling
Slow [A]down, I want to play, everybody,
with [D]my ding- a- ling!

[Outro 1]
[D][G][A][D]
[G][A][D]
[G][A][D][A]
[D][G][A][G][D]
[G][A][D]
[G][A][D]
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