The Platters - Bark, Battle and Ball
Mercury ?– 70633X45
Year - 1955
(B Side of ONLY YOU (AND YOU ALONE)
https://youtu.be/IAHmVA9c2WI
Gwynfor Rees - Feb 2018
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[Intro]
Eb Db C Bb
[Verse]
Bb Ab
You got nerve to tell me, tell me, tell me
Ab
Rattle those pots and pans
Ab Db
You got nerve to tell me, tell me, tell me
Ab
Rattle those pots and pans
Ab Eb Db Ab Eb
Get in the kitchen yourself and do the best with your own two hands
[Chorus]
Ab
Do you Bark (bark) Battle (battle)
Ab
Bark, battle and ball
Ab Db
Do you Bark (woof)Battle (battle)
Ab
Bark, battle and ball
Ab Eb Db Ab Eb
You better stop your goofin' or you won't have a home at all
[Verse]
Ab
When you get home at night your a horrible sight
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I don't know if your drunk or dead
Ab Db
When you get home at night you're a horrible sight
Db Ab
I don't know if your drunk or dead
Ab Eb
You should behave yourself
Eb Db Ab Eb
But you argue with me instead
[Chorus]
Ab
Do you Bark (bark) Battle (battle)
Ab
Bark, battle and ball
Ab Db
Do you Bark (woof)Battle (battle)
Ab
Bark, battle and ball
Ab Eb Db Ab Eb
You better stop your goofin' or you won't have a home at all
[Instrumental]
Eb Ab Db Ab Eb Ab
[Verse]
Ab
You done take all my money and that ain't funny
Ab
'Cuz you give it to someone else
Ab Db
You done take all my money and that ain't funny
Db Ab
Cuz you give it to someone else
Ab Eb Db Ab Eb
You better get a receipt or that lipstick face will tell
[Chorus]
Ab
Do you Bark (bark) Battle (battle)
Ab
Bark, battle and ball
Ab Db
Do you Bark (woof)Battle (battle)
Ab
Bark, battle and ball
Ab Eb Db Ab Eb
You better stop your goofin' or you won't have a home at all
[Outro]
Eb Db Ab Eb
You better stop your goofin' or you won't have a home at all
Eb Db Ab Eb
You better stop your goofin' or you won't have a home at all
Eb Db Eb Ab
You better stop your goofin' or you won't have a home at all
Ab
Bark Battle and Ball (woof)