Pretty Flamingo:Manfred Mann.
#1 in UK and #29 in USA in 1966.
(Original is in Key of G. I liked it at the
7th fret on the acoustic guitar.)
(Capo 7th fret.)
INTRO: C F C F C F C
#1.
F C F C F C G
On our block all of the guys call her flam..in..go.
F G F C
Cause her hair glows, like the sun.
C F G F C
And her eyes can light the sky.
F C F C F C G
When she walks she moves so fine, like a flam..in..go.
F G F C
Crimson dress that clings so tight.
C F G F C
She's out of reach and out of sight.
CHORUS:
C F G C
When she walks by, she brightens up the neighbourhood.
C F G C
Oh, every guy would make her his, if he just could,
G
if she just would.
#2.
F C F C F C G
Some sweet day I'll make her mine, pretty flam..in..go.
F G C G F C
Then every guy will envy me, cause para..dise is where I'll be.
C F C F C G
La, la, la..la, la, la, pretty flam..in..go.
C F C F C G
La, la, la..la, la, la, pretty flam..in..go.
CHORUS:
C F G C
When she walks by, she brightens up the neighbourhood.
C F G C
Oh, every guy would make her his, if he just could,
G
if she just would.
#3.
F C F C F C G
Some sweet day I'll make her mine, pretty flam..in..go.
F G C G F C
Then every guy will envy me, cause para..dise is where I'll be.
C F C F C G
Sha, la, la..la, la, la, la, pretty flam..in..go.
C F C F C G
La, la, la..la, la, la, pretty flam..in..go.
C F C F C G
Sha, la, la..la, la, la, la, pretty flam..in..go.
C F C F C G
La, la, la..la, la, la, pretty flam..in..go.
A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.