Tom: Bm
C Am F G
[Verse 1]
C Am F G7
At daydream junior high school we used to harmonize
C Am F G7
Me and Frankie and Jimmy and some Italian guy
F G7 C Am
We were singing oldies but they were newies then
F G7
And today when I play my old 45's I remember when
[Verse 2]
C Am F G7
We practiced in a subway, in a lobby or a hall
C Am F G7
Crowded in a doorway singing "do-wops" to the wall
F G7 C Am
And when we went to a party and they wouldn't let us sing
F G7
We'd lock ourselves in the bathroom and nobody could get in
[Chorus]
G7 C Am F G7
'Cause we were looking for an echo an answer to our sound
C Am F G C Am F G7
A place to be in harmony a place we'd almost found ooooh
[Bridge]
F C C7
And the girls would gather 'round us and our heads would really swell
F C C7
We'd sing songs by the Moonglows, the Harptones and the Dells
F C Am
And when we sang sincerely, we really sang it high
F G G#
Even though it was falsetto we almost reached the sky
[Verse 3]
Db Bbm Gb Ab7
We've sung a lot of changes since nineteen fifty five
Db Bbm Gb Ab7
And a lot of bad arrangements we've tried to harmonise
Gb Ab7 Db Bbm
Now they've turned into oldies but they were newies then
Gb Ab7 A
And today when I play those old 45's I remember when
[Chorus]
D Bm G A7
We were looking for an echo an answer to our sound
D Bm G A7 D Bm G7 A7
A place to be in harmony a place we'd almost found
