Key: C major
Verse 1
I heard this truly terrific,
absolutely true story.
And it just so happens
that I told a couple of friends of mine
this truly terrific, absolutely true story.
And it just so happens
that these friends of mine are songwriters.
And guess what happened? Right!
Truly terrific, absolutely true
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song.
her name is Shirley DeVore
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to meet the guy next door
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apartment 29 -E
Cause Shirley's mother and dad
and we don't like to grouse
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you should get out of the house
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you gotta ring them bells
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You gotta make them sing
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and really ring them bells
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You gotta ring them bells
which she was loathe to admit
And she had never been loved,
she thought for hours on end
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and called TWA
a month, maybe two
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And haul me home a huzz
you gotta ring them bells
You gotta make them sing
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and really ring them bells
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You gotta ring them bells
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She met a Londoner first,
but they did not hit it off
Cause every time she approached,
And so she went to Madrid
and met a handsome senor
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But he liked to throw the ball
in Mallorca and Rome
before you go home
Cuz it's the kind of a town
where you'll be likely to fall
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and all the tournicognos
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They find the Balkans a ball
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You gotta ring them bells
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You gotta make them sing
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And really ring them bells
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You gotta ring them bells
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And the very first day
She met a guy on the beach
Yes, it was love at first sight
And quite a beautiful scene
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He said, I'm Norm Saperstein
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She said, are you from New York?
He said, that can't be denied
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I've got a swell junior three at number five
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Riverside
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Five? Five Riverside Drive in New York?
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That's where you live?
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Five? Are you sure?
As if that wasn't enough
For Shirley thought she'd gone deaf
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When he told her his apartment
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there was 29F
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Guess she was E, he was F
And they had not even met
Until she travelled the world
He'd always been right next door
And she would never have known
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She might still be alone
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From little Shirley before
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Who had to borrow a bow
You girls who live in apartments
Don't you stare at the wall
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Open up the door
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And hurry out in the hall
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An d Ring them bells
Come on, come on
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Ring them bells
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Make them sing
It's such a happy thing
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You gotta swing them
Ring them
Swing them
Outro 1
Bring them back
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How did you like the song?
TunerE A D G B E
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