Jack Kennedy: Music
Dan Hicks
(Jack Kennedy)
Dan Hicks
Oou wah do, oou wah dee,
ouh wah doo wah, doo wah wee
Scoobie doobie doo, scoobie doobie dee,
oou eee oou ah ah, ting tang tang walla walla bee
oou wah, oou-wah-oou-wah-wee-ee-eee
oou wah, oou-wah-oou-wah-wee (hee-hee-hee-hee)
doo wah ditty, do a do-re-me
boom sha-ka-la-ca, l, m n, o, p
I keep and keep on trying / to learn those swing chord tricks
And the rythym underlying / all the syncopated licks
There’s no denying / that I would get my kicks (his kicks)
If my fingers started flying / and I sounded like Dan Hicks (Dan Hicks)
I could play till I was blue (blu-hoo-hoo)
I could sing real funny too (too da loo)
I could write another silly love song (aaah)
Like this one and play it all night long (o yeah!)
It’s a simple chord progression / with a little swing
And some lyrical regression / for some words that I can sing (sing, sing)
It only takes five fingers (un huh)/ placed upon these strings (oh my)
Yes, even a folk singer / can learn how to play this thing
You go A to D7 / up on the fifth and third fret
oou wah, oou-wah-oou-wah-wee-ee-eee
Then resolve to a G / and a C major 7, no sweat
oou wah, oou-wah-oou-wah-wee (hee-hee-hee-hee)
Back up to D7 / then throw into the mix
doo wah ditty, do a do-re-me
An A and C7 / and you sound just like Dan Hicks
boom sha-ka-la-ca, l, m n, o, p
©Jack Kennedy, October 19, 2007