Bedbugs And Ballyhoo Acordes

Song: Bedbugs & ballyhoo
Artist: Echo & the Bunnymen
Composers: Will Sergeant, Ian McCulloch,
           Les Pattison & Pete de Freitas
'B' Side of 12" Single for 'Bring on the dancing horses'
Tabbed by DJ   12th Mar 2015
 
A re-recorded version appears on their eponymous
'Echo & The bunnymen' album with additional keyboards by
Ray Manzarek of The Dors.
 
Hear the original 12" version at this link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YbuQ7WRN4sk
 
Video performance at this link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nr0Oz8rMmIM&list=RDnr0Oz8rMmIM#t=45
 
D  = xx0232    A     = x02220    Dm7/A = x00565 or x00211
F  = 133211    Asus4 = x02230    G/A   = x00787 or x00433
G  = 355433    A7    = x02020
 
Apart from the Choruses, you could play the Intro progression all
the way through, but using the Dm7/A and G/A gives a feel of what
the Keyboards/Strings are doing and adds some variety.
 
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[Intro]
2 bars drums
4 bars bass guitar
 
     D     F  G     D     F  C
||:  /  /  /  /  |  /  /  /  /  :|| [x2]
 
[Verse 1]
D              F       G  D              F       C
   Buffalo and bison,          bison and buffa - lo,
D                 F      G  D            F        C
   Cannonball and rifle,       rifle and cannon - ball,
D                     F       G
   That's the way the thunder rumbles,
D                     F       G
   That's the way the thunder rumbles...
   D     F  G         D       F   G
|  /  /  /  /  |  ...rumbles!
 
[Chorus]
A            Asus4     A            Asus4      A7
Down on your knees a - gain, saying please a - gain,
            D       F  G
Yeah, yeah, yeah---!
 
   D     F  C     D     F  G     D     F  C
|  /  /  /  /  |  /  /  /  /  |  /  /  /  /  |
 
[Verse 2]
D                F          G  D                F       C
   Kangaroos and chipmunks,       chipmunks and kanga - roos,
D               F           G  D              F       C
   Ballyhoo and bedbugs,          bedbugs and bally - hoo,
Dm7/A
       That's the way the bee bumbles,
G/A
       That's the way the bee bumbles,
Dm7/A
       That's the way the bee bumbles,
G/A                                   Dm7/A     G/A      Dm7/A G/A
       That's the way the bee bumbles------, ...bumbles!
 
[Chorus]
A           Asus4      A            Asus4      A7
Down on your knees a - gain, saying please a - gain,
        D       F  G
No, no, no----!
 
   D     F  C     D     F  G     D     F  C
|  /  /  /  /  |  /  /  /  /  |  /  /  /  /  |
 
[Break]
     D     F  G     D     F  C
||:  /  /  /  /  |  /  /  /  /  :||[x2]
 
[Drum break -(mute strings and scrub rhythm)]
||:  /  /  /  /  |  /  /  /  / |  /  /  /  / :||[x2]
 
    Dm7/A          G/A
||:  /  /  /  /  |  /  /  /  /  :||[x3]
 
[Chorus]
A            Asus4     A            Asus4      A7
Down on your knees a - gain, saying please a - gain,
A            Asus4     A            Asus4      A7
Down on your knees a - gain, saying please a - gain,
        Dm7/A     G/A
No, no, no----! |  /  /  /  /  |
 
   Dm7/A          G/A
|   /  /  /  /  |  /  /  /  /  |
 
[Verse 3]
Dm7/A                        G/A
       Buffalo and bison,         bison and buffalo,
Dm7/A                        G/A
       Cannonball and rifle,      rifle and cannonball,
Dm7/A
       That's the way the thunder rumbles,
G/A
       That's the way the thunder rumbles,
Dm7/A       G/A          Dm7/A        G/A
Rumbles, ...rumbles,  ...rumbles,  ...rumble!
 
[Coda]
    Dm7/A          G/A                     Dm7/A
||:  /  /  /  /  |  /  /  /  /  :||[x4]   |  /  ||
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