Charly Brown (1959)    (video)    (midi)

 

    A

1. Fi, fi, fy, fy, fo, fo, fumm,

                                         A7

    I smell smoke in the auditorium.

 

                D

Charly Brown, Charly Brown,

              A          

he's a clown, that Charly Brown,

          E                          D

he's gonna get caught, just you wait and see.

    A     - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

“Why is everybody always picking on me?”

 

                     A

2.  That's him on his knees, I know that's him,

                                                                   A7

    yeah, and seven comes eleven down in the boy's gym.

 

+ CHORUS

 

        D                                                         C

    Who's always writing on the wall? Who's always grooving in the hall.

       D                                                            E - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -   E

    Who always throw a speed ball? Guess who !  Who, me? Yeah, you!

 

                 A

3. Who walks in the classroom, cool and slow ?

                                            A7

    Who calls the english-teacher "Daddy-O" ?

 

+ CHORUS        + instrumental = verse 2   + instrumental CHORUS

 

    + repeat verse 3       + CHORUS      + A …..

 

(orig. = capo 1st)        (The Coasters)