Biography:
Shannon and the Clams is an American indie garage punk quartet based in Oakland, California. Known for a vintage sound that incorporates elements of doo-wop, classic R&B, garage psych, and surf, the band has drawn comparisons to both Buddy Holly and 1960s girl groups.
Like a Beach Rock revival, Shannon and the Clams take you back to a time when Judy and Johnny were your favorite worst couple, with the help of some very heartbreaking background vocals and guitar riffs of which The Beatles would be proud.
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Other songs:
- If You Could Know
- Backstreets
- Corvette
- Did You Love Me
- Dont Close Your Eyes
- Heads Or Tails
- Hey Willy
- How Long
- I Never Wanted Love
- I Will Miss The Jasmine
- Into A Dream
- Its Gonna Go Away
- Its Too Late
- Love Strike
- Muppet Babies
- My Man
- Onion
- Ozma
- Rip Van Winkle
- Sleep Talk
- Strange Wind
- Tell Me When You Leave
- Telling Myself
- The Boy
- The Woodsman
- Tryin
- You Will Always Bring Me Flowers
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Heads or Tails - Shannon and the Clams (Dreams in the Rat House, 2013)
Intro:
E A (strummed)
Do what I want, do what I want (x2)
E A
Do what I want, do what I want (x2)
E A
I'm a real live hobo, I prefer my life on the rails
E A
I keep a coin in my pocket, my only friend is head or tails
E A
I had a wife and a family I let them fend on their own
E A
You only count on yourself, hope they appreciate what they've been shown
C#m
Sometimes I flip the coin
E
Oh yeah I flip the coin
C#m
Oh I flip the coin
E
Ya I flip the coin
E A
Do what I want, do what I want (x2)
E A
I hopped the Union Pacific headed to Cliforniyay
E A
I rubbed the coin in my pocket and wondered just what they'd say
E A
I was met with open arms, warm bed, and fam was back in my lap
E A
She said "don't leave us again for that drink you use as a map"
C#m
But then I flipped the coin
E
Oh yeah I flipped the coin
C#m
Oh yeah I flipped the coin
E
Ya I flipped the coin
E A
Do what I want, do what I want (x2)
E A
Sometimes a man gets an itch to take a nip off a scotch or rye
E A
With every sip there's a flip, fates been chosen no need to try
E A
I love sleeping under stars watching woods and worlds zooming by
E A
My life's the flip of the coin, it's the freest way to live and die
C#m
Because I flipped the coin
E
Oh yeah I flipped the coin
C#m
Oh yeah I flipped the coin
E
Ya I flipped the coin
Bridge:
Abm E (x3)
Abm E B
E A
Do what I want, do what I want (x4)
E A
I do what I want, yes I do, I do what I want
E A
I could have anything, but I prefer nothing
E
I don't need a house, I don't need a hug
A
I don't need stuff, I don't need love
E A
I don't need things, I don't need books, I don't need you
E
I do what I want
Intro:
E A (strummed)
Do what I want, do what I want (x2)
E A
Do what I want, do what I want (x2)
E A
I'm a real live hobo, I prefer my life on the rails
E A
I keep a coin in my pocket, my only friend is head or tails
E A
I had a wife and a family I let them fend on their own
E A
You only count on yourself, hope they appreciate what they've been shown
C#m
Sometimes I flip the coin
E
Oh yeah I flip the coin
C#m
Oh I flip the coin
E
Ya I flip the coin
E A
Do what I want, do what I want (x2)
E A
I hopped the Union Pacific headed to Cliforniyay
E A
I rubbed the coin in my pocket and wondered just what they'd say
E A
I was met with open arms, warm bed, and fam was back in my lap
E A
She said "don't leave us again for that drink you use as a map"
C#m
But then I flipped the coin
E
Oh yeah I flipped the coin
C#m
Oh yeah I flipped the coin
E
Ya I flipped the coin
E A
Do what I want, do what I want (x2)
E A
Sometimes a man gets an itch to take a nip off a scotch or rye
E A
With every sip there's a flip, fates been chosen no need to try
E A
I love sleeping under stars watching woods and worlds zooming by
E A
My life's the flip of the coin, it's the freest way to live and die
C#m
Because I flipped the coin
E
Oh yeah I flipped the coin
C#m
Oh yeah I flipped the coin
E
Ya I flipped the coin
Bridge:
Abm E (x3)
Abm E B
E A
Do what I want, do what I want (x4)
E A
I do what I want, yes I do, I do what I want
E A
I could have anything, but I prefer nothing
E
I don't need a house, I don't need a hug
A
I don't need stuff, I don't need love
E A
I don't need things, I don't need books, I don't need you
E
I do what I want
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