Leader of the pack (1964) (video) (midi)

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  “Is she really going out with him?”
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 “Well, there she is! Let's ask her!”
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 “Betty - is that Jimmy's ring you're wearing?” “Uh-huh!”  
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 “Gee, it must be great riding with him. Is he picking you 
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 up after school today?” ”Uh-huh!”
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 “By the way, where d'you meet him?”
F
 “I met him at the candy store,
 Em
 he turned around and smiled at me - you get the picture ?”
 
 “Yes, we see!”
G  C
 “That's when I fell for - the leader of the pack.”
 C
1. My folks were always putting him down (down, down),
     Bb
 they said he came from the wrong side of town
 
 (what d'you mean when you say  
  G
 that he came from the wrong side of town?)
F - Em
 They told me he was bad but I knew he was sad
G  C
 that's why I fell for - the leader of the pack.
 
 C
2. One day my dad said, "find someone new!"
 Bb - G
 I had to tell my Jim we were through.
F  Em
 He stood there and asked me why, but all I could do was cry,
G C
 I'm sorry I hurt you - the leader of the pack.
C-G-Am
 He sort of smiled and kissed me goodbye,
C-G-Am
 the tears were beginning to show.
 C G Am
 And as he drove away on that rainy night.
 C - G - Am  
 I begged him to go slow.  
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 But whether he heard, I'll never know.
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 (No, no, no, look out, look out, look out, look out !)
 
 D
3.  I felt so helpless - what could I do?
  C - A
 Remembering all the things we'd been through.
G
 At school they all stop and stare,
 F#
 I can't hide the tears, but I don't care,
A    D
 I'll never forget you - the leader of the pack.
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 (Uh, uhhuhu) The leader of the pack - now he's gone …
 
 (Shangri-Las)