Gimme Dat Ding:The Pipkins.
#6 in UK and #7 in Canada in 1970.
INTRO:(Spoken:ad lib.)
C
That's right, that's right, I'm sad and blue,
cause I can't do the Boogaloo.
I'm lost, I'm lost, can't do my thing..
That's why I sing..Gimme, Gimme Dat Ding ah..
Chorus:
Am
Gimme Dat, Gimme Dat..Gimme, Gimme, Gimme Dat,
D7
Gimme Dat Ding, Gimme Dat..Gimme, Gimme Dat,
G7
Gimme Dat Ding, Gimme Dat, Gimme, Gimme Dat,
F G7 C
Gimme, Gimme, Gimme, Dat Ding.
(Oh, Sing it one more time, Momma!)
Chorus:
Am
Oh, Gimme Dat, Gimme Dat..Gimme, Gimme, Gimme Dat,
D7
Gimme Dat Ding, Gimme Dat, Gimme, Gimme Dat,
G7
Gimme Dat Ding, Gimme Dat, Gimme, Gimme Dat,
F G7 C
Gimme, Gimme, Gimme, Dat Ding.
(Ah, you ain't doin' that, late at night.)
#1.
Am
Ah, what good's a metronome without a bell for ringing?
D7 G7
How fast can anybody ever tell he's swinging?
Am
How can you tell the rhythm written on a bar?
D7 G
How can you ever hope to know just where you are?
G7
Gimme Dat, Gimme Dat..Gimme Dat, Gimme Dat.
Gimme, Gimme, Gimme, Gimme, Gimme...
(Ah Gotcha!)
Chorus:
Am
Gimme Dat, Gimme Dat..Gimme, Gimme, Gimme Dat,
D7
Gimme Dat Ding, Gimme Dat..Gimme, Gimme Dat,
G7
Gimme Dat Ding, Gimme Dat, Gimme, Gimme Dat,
F G7 C
Gimme, Gimme, Gimme, Dat Ding.
(Piano interlude.)
Chorus:
Am
Gimme Dat, Gimme Dat..Gimme, Gimme, Gimme Dat,
D7
Gimme Dat Ding, Gimme Dat..Gimme, Gimme Dat,
G7
Gimme Dat Ding, Gimme Dat, Gimme, Gimme Dat,
F G7 C
Gimme, Gimme, Gimme, Dat Ding.
#2.
Am
Ah, what good's a metronome without a bell for ringing?
D7 G7
How fast can anybody ever tell he's swinging?
Am
How can you tell the rhythm written the a bar?
D7 G
How can you ever hope to know just where you are?
G7
Gimme Dat, Gimme Dat..Gimme Dat, Gimme Dat.
Gimme, Gimme, Gimme, Gimme, Gimme...
Chorus:
Am
Gimme Dat, Gimme Dat..Gimme, Gimme, Gimme Dat,
D7
Gimme Dat Ding, Gimme Dat..Gimme, Gimme Dat,
G7
Gimme Dat Ding, Gimme Dat, Gimme, Gimme Dat,
F G7 C
Gimme, Gimme, Gimme, Dat Ding.
A seventies smash from Kraziekhat.