Jimmie Rodgers - Bimbombay Chords & Tabs

 

Bimbombay Chords & Tabs

Jimmie Rodgers Chords & Tabs

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Bimbombay Chords

   
Bimbombay:Jimmie Rodgers.
#11 on Rock Charts on RHINO Records
in 1958.

INTRO: 
E
Bimbombay..Bimbombay..

#1.
E
On the way, to Bimbombay..there's a hill on 

the way to Bimbombay.
          A                       Ee-
There's a house on the hill and a girl in the 
             A           B      Es-
house on the hill on the way to Bimbombay..u
  A                       Ee-
A house on the hill and a girl in the house
       A           B      E
on the hill on the way to Bimbombay.

CHORUS:
E             B
Jing-A-ling-A-lyoh (Jing-A-ling-A-lyoh)..
               E
Jing-A-ling-A-lyay (Jing-A-ling-A-lyay.)
E                 B
Jing-A-ling-A-ly..Jing-A-ling-A-ly..
                E  A  E
Jing-A-ling-A-lyay-ay-ay-ay.
B             E                    F
Jing-A-ling-A-lyay..(Jing-A-ling-A-lyay.)

#2.
F
There's a store in Bimbombay.
F
There's a ring in the store in Bimbombay.
       Bb                              F
That's where I'll buy the ring for the girl 
                    C                  F
in the house on the hill on the way to Bimbombay..u
     Bb                   F
I'll buy the ring for the girl in the house
       Bb          C      F
on the hill on the way to Bimbombay.
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/j/jimmie_rodgers/bimbombay_crd.html ]
CHORUS:
F             C
Jing-A-ling-A-lyoh (Jing-A-ling-A-lyoh)..
               F
Jing-A-ling-A-lyay (Jing-A-ling-A-lyay.)
F                 C
Jing-A-ling-A-ly..Jing-A-ling-A-ly..
                F  Bb F
Jing-A-ling-A-lyay-ay-ay-ay.
C             F                    F#
Jing-A-ling-A-lyay..(Jing-A-ling-A-lyay.)

#3.  
F#
Once I get, to Bimbombay.
F#
You can bet, I will stay in Bimbombay.
       B                               F#
That's where I'll settle down with the girl in 
                 C#                 F#
the house on the hill on the way to Bimbombay..u
     B                    F#
I'll settle down with the girl in the house
       B           C#     F#
on the hill on the way to Bimbombay.

CHORUS:
F#            C#
Jing-A-ling-A-lyoh (Jing-A-ling-A-lyoh)..
               F#
Jing-A-ling-A-lyay (Jing-A-ling-A-lyay.)
F#                C#
Jing-A-ling-A-ly..Jing-A-ling-A-ly..
                F# B  F#
Jing-A-ling-A-lyay-ay-ay-ay.
B             F#                                 
Jing-A-ling-A-lyay..(Jing-A-ling-A-lyay.)

OUTRO:
F#
Bimbombay..Bimbombay..Bimbombay..(Fade.)


A fifties smash from Kraziekhat.