The Ditty Bops
Guitar chords Intermediate level Intermediate
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Intro 
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What among the lovers 
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What twang of temptation 
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What brought the house down? 
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Strange sleepwalkers on the block 
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Unfamiliar writing on the ceiling 
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When she looks up 
 

 
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Momma buried pop atop the roof where he slept 
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One leg on each side of pointed shingles 
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Latest tests prove that she's happier with more 
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The oyster is open for any two pearl 
 

 
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Still she's got three different lullabies to sing 
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These fruited images are delicacies 
 

 
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Was it the fighting was it the fist? 
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Was it adventure with a jealous twist? 
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Was it desire for another's kiss? 
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What brought the house down? 
 

 
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Turmoil and passion, such wondrous things 
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What they called summer lovers happening in spring 
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Who's dreaming of who tonight? 
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Who'll be waking by your side? 
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At the dawning's first light 
 

 
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Do all he can to save a soon to be dead past 
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Give it all up to find a new way that will last 
 

Interlude 
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Was she wrong to hold his heart another person's hand 
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The grass is always greener 'til it's covered up with sand 
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Was it other things? 
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Fate, felicity? 
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What rousing temptation? 
 

 
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She knew that love could swell without barricades 
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Standards must be broken even these 
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Now she has three different lullabies to sing 
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These fruited images lead her to sleep 
 

 
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Was it the fighting was it the fist? 
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Was it adventure with a jealous twist? 
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Was it desire for another's kiss? 
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What brought the house down? 
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What brought the house down? 

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