Biography:
Shannon and the Clams is an American indie garage punk quartet based in Oakland, California. Known for a vintage sound that incorporates elements of doo-wop, classic R&B, garage psych, and surf, the band has drawn comparisons to both Buddy Holly and 1960s girl groups.
Like a Beach Rock revival, Shannon and the Clams take you back to a time when Judy and Johnny were your favorite worst couple, with the help of some very heartbreaking background vocals and guitar riffs of which The Beatles would be proud.
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Other songs:
- If You Could Know
- Backstreets
- Corvette
- Did You Love Me
- Dont Close Your Eyes
- Heads Or Tails
- Hey Willy
- How Long
- I Never Wanted Love
- I Will Miss The Jasmine
- Into A Dream
- Its Gonna Go Away
- Its Too Late
- Love Strike
- Muppet Babies
- My Man
- Onion
- Ozma
- Rip Van Winkle
- Sleep Talk
- Strange Wind
- Tell Me When You Leave
- Telling Myself
- The Boy
- The Woodsman
- Tryin
- You Will Always Bring Me Flowers
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Hey Willy - Shannon and The Clams (Dreams in the Rat House, 2013)
Chords:
D G* G C E A
e|---17-----19-----15-----15-----12-----12-----|
B|---19-----15-----15-----17-----12-----14-----|
G|---19-----16-----16-----17-----13-----14-----|
D|---19-----17-----17-----17-----14-----14-----|
A|---17------------17-----15-----14-----12-----|
E|-----------------15------------12------------|
The chords are pretty standard barre chords, just very high up the neck. Sounds most like how they play it
the way I have written the chords, but play it however you want.
The G* chord I have listed is the same as the G with your pinky fretting the 19th fret.
I didn't write the whole chord because it's easier to play it with just those four strings.
I only put the * to signify that little change to the chord. It is only used in the verses.
Intro:
D G* D G*
D
Hey Willy, hey Willy
G*
You've got yourself a girl
D
Hey Willy, hey Willy
G*
Been lonely in this world
D
You know, you know
G*
You've got to treat her fine
D
Hey Willy, hey Willy
G
And love her all the time
G C
Just take your teenage arms and your frightened lips
D G
Go discover what you can't resist
G C
Well, don't you worry none, she's older than you
D G
She will know your little brother eyes
D
Hey Willy, hey Willy
G*
You've got yourself a girl
D
Hey Willy, hey Willy
G*
Been lonely in this world
D
You got to, got to know
G*
You better treat her fine
D
Hey Willy, hey Willy
G
You know that girl was mine
G C
Well, don't you know 'bout us? Our secret love?
D G
We both learned pain when we were young
G C
Once upon a time, we were high and free
D G
Then this old war come runnin' for me
E A E
Then the draft man come
G C G
I left and went on the run
E A E
I know that you were too young
G C D
To know why I went away
D
Hey Willy, hey Willy
G*
You've got yourself a girl
D
Hey Willy, hey Willy
G*
Been lonely in this world
D
You know, you know
G*
My baby brother's grown
D
Hey Willy, hey Willy
G*
Please make that girl your own
D
Hey Willy, hey Willy
G*
Please love her like I would
End on G*
Chords:
D G* G C E A
e|---17-----19-----15-----15-----12-----12-----|
B|---19-----15-----15-----17-----12-----14-----|
G|---19-----16-----16-----17-----13-----14-----|
D|---19-----17-----17-----17-----14-----14-----|
A|---17------------17-----15-----14-----12-----|
E|-----------------15------------12------------|
The chords are pretty standard barre chords, just very high up the neck. Sounds most like how they play it
the way I have written the chords, but play it however you want.
The G* chord I have listed is the same as the G with your pinky fretting the 19th fret.
I didn't write the whole chord because it's easier to play it with just those four strings.
I only put the * to signify that little change to the chord. It is only used in the verses.
Intro:
D G* D G*
D
Hey Willy, hey Willy
G*
You've got yourself a girl
D
Hey Willy, hey Willy
G*
Been lonely in this world
D
You know, you know
G*
You've got to treat her fine
D
Hey Willy, hey Willy
G
And love her all the time
G C
Just take your teenage arms and your frightened lips
D G
Go discover what you can't resist
G C
Well, don't you worry none, she's older than you
D G
She will know your little brother eyes
D
Hey Willy, hey Willy
G*
You've got yourself a girl
D
Hey Willy, hey Willy
G*
Been lonely in this world
D
You got to, got to know
G*
You better treat her fine
D
Hey Willy, hey Willy
G
You know that girl was mine
G C
Well, don't you know 'bout us? Our secret love?
D G
We both learned pain when we were young
G C
Once upon a time, we were high and free
D G
Then this old war come runnin' for me
E A E
Then the draft man come
G C G
I left and went on the run
E A E
I know that you were too young
G C D
To know why I went away
D
Hey Willy, hey Willy
G*
You've got yourself a girl
D
Hey Willy, hey Willy
G*
Been lonely in this world
D
You know, you know
G*
My baby brother's grown
D
Hey Willy, hey Willy
G*
Please make that girl your own
D
Hey Willy, hey Willy
G*
Please love her like I would
End on G*
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