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The Day I Died:The Playmates.
#81 on BB Hot 100 on ROULETTE Records
in 1958.
INTRO:
Ebm
(Wahhhh-aaaa-aaahhhh..wahhhh-aaaa-aaahhhh)
#1.
Ebm
Oh, I dreamed the jukebox played the day I died..(wahhh!)
F# G#m7
And a million rock and rollers softly cried..(wahhhh!)
Ebm Db Ebm G#m7
And they all dropped shiny dimes in my coffin remembering
Bb G#m7
the times, which were often, they rock and rolled to a
Ebm Eb
big, big record of mine..(wahhhh!)
#2.
Ebm
Oh, I dreamed the day I died a jukebox played..(wahhhhh!)
Bb G#m7 Bbm
And upon my chest a golden record lay..(wahhhhh!)
Db F#
And while the stompin' and a-strollin' was a-goin' on,
G#m7 Ebm
all the cats were wailin', "the gonest is gone."
Ebm
Oh, I dreamed the jukebox played the day I died..(wahhhh!)
BRIDGE:
F#
And while I lay in state, I could'a flipped my lid.
Ebm
Do you know what I dreamed the jockeys went and did?
Bb
They bought up all my records in each and every town..
Ebm
they played them simultaneously..(one more song!)
#3.
Ebm
Oh, I dreamed the jukebox played the day I died..(wahhh!)
F# G#m7
And a million rock and rollers softly cried..(wahhhh!)
Db F#
And while the stompin' and a-strollin' was a-goin' on,
G#m7 Ebm
all the cats were wailin', "the gonest is gone.
Ebm
Oh, I dreamed the jukebox played the day I died..(wahhh!)
BRIDGE:
F#
And while I lay in state, I could'a flipped my lid.
Ebm
Do you know what I dreamed the jockeys went and did?
Bb
They bought up all my records in each and every town..
Ebm
they played them simultaneously..(one more song!)
#4.
Ebm
Oh, I dreamed the jukebox played the day I died..(wahhh!)
F# G#m7
And a million rock and rollers softly cried..(wahhhh!)
Db F#
And while the stompin' and a-strollin' was a-goin' on,
G#m7 Ebm
all the cats were wailin', "the gonest is gone.
Ebm
Oh, I dreamed the jukebox played the day I died..(wahhh!)
OUTRO:
Ebm
Oh, I dreamed the jukebox played the day I died..(wahhh!)
Ebm
Oh, I dreamed the jukebox played the day I died..(wahhh!)
Ebm
Oh, I dreamed the jukebox played the day I died..(wahhh!)(Fade.)
A fifties smash from Kraziekhat.
#81 on BB Hot 100 on ROULETTE Records
in 1958.
INTRO:
Ebm
(Wahhhh-aaaa-aaahhhh..wahhhh-aaaa-aaahhhh)
#1.
Ebm
Oh, I dreamed the jukebox played the day I died..(wahhh!)
F# G#m7
And a million rock and rollers softly cried..(wahhhh!)
Ebm Db Ebm G#m7
And they all dropped shiny dimes in my coffin remembering
Bb G#m7
the times, which were often, they rock and rolled to a
Ebm Eb
big, big record of mine..(wahhhh!)
#2.
Ebm
Oh, I dreamed the day I died a jukebox played..(wahhhhh!)
Bb G#m7 Bbm
And upon my chest a golden record lay..(wahhhhh!)
Db F#
And while the stompin' and a-strollin' was a-goin' on,
G#m7 Ebm
all the cats were wailin', "the gonest is gone."
Ebm
Oh, I dreamed the jukebox played the day I died..(wahhhh!)
BRIDGE:
F#
And while I lay in state, I could'a flipped my lid.
Ebm
Do you know what I dreamed the jockeys went and did?
Bb
They bought up all my records in each and every town..
Ebm
they played them simultaneously..(one more song!)
#3.
Ebm
Oh, I dreamed the jukebox played the day I died..(wahhh!)
F# G#m7
And a million rock and rollers softly cried..(wahhhh!)
Db F#
And while the stompin' and a-strollin' was a-goin' on,
G#m7 Ebm
all the cats were wailin', "the gonest is gone.
Ebm
Oh, I dreamed the jukebox played the day I died..(wahhh!)
BRIDGE:
F#
And while I lay in state, I could'a flipped my lid.
Ebm
Do you know what I dreamed the jockeys went and did?
Bb
They bought up all my records in each and every town..
Ebm
they played them simultaneously..(one more song!)
#4.
Ebm
Oh, I dreamed the jukebox played the day I died..(wahhh!)
F# G#m7
And a million rock and rollers softly cried..(wahhhh!)
Db F#
And while the stompin' and a-strollin' was a-goin' on,
G#m7 Ebm
all the cats were wailin', "the gonest is gone.
Ebm
Oh, I dreamed the jukebox played the day I died..(wahhh!)
OUTRO:
Ebm
Oh, I dreamed the jukebox played the day I died..(wahhh!)
Ebm
Oh, I dreamed the jukebox played the day I died..(wahhh!)
Ebm
Oh, I dreamed the jukebox played the day I died..(wahhh!)(Fade.)
A fifties smash from Kraziekhat.
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