Biography:
Tommy Roe (born Thomas David Roe, 9 May 1942, Atlanta, Georgia, USA) is an American pop music singer-songwriter. Best-remembered for his hits "Sheila" (1962) and "Dizzy" (1969), Roe was "widely perceived as one of the archetypal bubblegum artists of the late 1960s, but Roe also cut some rockers early in his career.
Roe was raised in Atlanta, Georgia where he attended Brown High School and was part of band. Greatly influenced by the sounds of the late Buddy Holly
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Pretty Flamingo:Tommy Roe.
Album - Sweet Pea - #94 on BB Hot 200
on ABC Records in 1966.
INTRO: G C (x4)
#1.
C G C G C G C
On our block all of the guys call her flamin-go..
C D G C D
cause her hair glows like the sun and her eyes
G
light the sky.
#2.
G C G C G C
When she walks she moves so fine, like a flamin-go..
C D G
crimson dress that clings so tight.
C D G
She's out of reach and out of sight.
CHORUS:
G C D G
When she walks by she brightens up the neighborhood.
C D G
And every guy would make her his, if he just could,
D
if she just would.
#3.
G C G C G C
Some sweet day I'll make her mine, pretty flamin-go.
C D G C D G
And every guy will envy me, cause paradise is where
C G
I'll be.
INTERLUDE: G C G C (pretty flamingo) G C G
G C G C (pretty flamingo) G C G
CHORUS:
G C D G
When she walks by she brightens up the neighborhood.
C D G
And every guy would make her his, if he just could,
D
if she just would.
#4.
G C G C G C
Some sweet day I'll make her mine, pretty flamin-go.
C D G C D G
And every guy will envy me, cause paradise is where
I'll be.
OUTRO:
C G C G C G C G
Sha-la-la-la-la-la-la..pretty flamin-go..
C G C G C G C G
Sha-la-la-la-la-la-la..pretty flamin-go..(Fade.)
A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.
Album - Sweet Pea - #94 on BB Hot 200
on ABC Records in 1966.
INTRO: G C (x4)
#1.
C G C G C G C
On our block all of the guys call her flamin-go..
C D G C D
cause her hair glows like the sun and her eyes
G
light the sky.
#2.
G C G C G C
When she walks she moves so fine, like a flamin-go..
C D G
crimson dress that clings so tight.
C D G
She's out of reach and out of sight.
CHORUS:
G C D G
When she walks by she brightens up the neighborhood.
C D G
And every guy would make her his, if he just could,
D
if she just would.
#3.
G C G C G C
Some sweet day I'll make her mine, pretty flamin-go.
C D G C D G
And every guy will envy me, cause paradise is where
C G
I'll be.
INTERLUDE: G C G C (pretty flamingo) G C G
G C G C (pretty flamingo) G C G
CHORUS:
G C D G
When she walks by she brightens up the neighborhood.
C D G
And every guy would make her his, if he just could,
D
if she just would.
#4.
G C G C G C
Some sweet day I'll make her mine, pretty flamin-go.
C D G C D G
And every guy will envy me, cause paradise is where
I'll be.
OUTRO:
C G C G C G C G
Sha-la-la-la-la-la-la..pretty flamin-go..
C G C G C G C G
Sha-la-la-la-la-la-la..pretty flamin-go..(Fade.)
A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.
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