The Prom:Del Shannon
Album - Runaway With Del Shannon -
released on BIG TOP and LONDON Records
in 1961.
(I got the lyrics off the original recording.
When he did it live he changed the lyrics a
bit in the BRIDGE. I always go with the original.)
INTRO: Ab Db
#1.
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On my way to the senior prom, I saw a crowd
all gathered round.
Gb Ab
I stopped the car, got out to see just what
it could be.
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There lying near the crowd was a girl dressed
in a gown.
Gb Ab
I walked up so I could see just who it could be.
#2.
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Knelt down by her side..tears came into my eyes.
Gb Ab
Did there lie the one I love..the one I'd always love.
Db Bbm
Then she said, take this ring of mine, you are my
love divine.
Gb Ab Db
And as our lips met, I know, I can't forget..the way
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my heart cried..the way it hurt inside.
Gb Ab Db
She's gone so far away..my lonely heart must pay.
Bbm Db Bbm
(She, she's gone..gone, she's gone.)
BRIDGE:(Spoken:)
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There lies the one I love..the one I'll always love.
Gb Ab
If I had picked her up on time, her precious love
would still be mine.
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The love, the love she gave to me will always stay with me.
Gb Ab
Til the day we meet, til the day you return to me.
#3.
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Then my heart begins to cry, it hurts so deep inside.
Gb Ab Db
She's gone so far away..my lonely heart must pay.
OUTRO:
Bbm Db Bbm
(She, she's gone..gone, she's gone.)
Bbm Db Bbm
(She, she's gone..gone, she's gone.)(Fade.)
A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.
