The Prom chords by Del Shannon

Chords with lyrics

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: AbAb DbDb

#1.
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On my way to the senior prom, I saw a crowd

all gathered round.
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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.
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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.
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Did there lie the one I love..the one I'd always love.
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Then she said, take this ring of mine, you are my

love divine.
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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.
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She's gone so far away..my lonely heart must pay.
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(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.
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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.
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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.
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She's gone so far away..my lonely heart must pay.

OUTRO:
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(She, she's gone..gone, she's gone.)

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(She, she's gone..gone, she's gone.)(Fade.)


A augmentedA sixties smash from Kraziekhat.