Biography:
Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers were a New York doo wop group consisting of Joe Negroni, Herman Santiago, Jimmy Merchant, and Sherman Garnes, but centered around the extraordinary talents of their lead singer, (in 1955, 13-year-old) Frankie Lymon (Franklin Joseph Lymon, September 30, 1942 – February 27, 1968).
Lymon was credited with their first big hit, Why Do Fools Fall in Love, though in the early '90s, a federal judge ruled after a lengthy trial that Lymon hadn't written "Why Do Fools Fall in Love" -- another member of the Teenagers had.
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I'm Not A Juvenile Delinquent:Frankie Lymon
And The Teenagers.
On GEE Records in 1956.
INTRO:
(I'm not a juvenile delinquent.)
F Dm Bb C F Dm Bb C
No-no-no-no-no-no-no-no..no-no-no-no-no-no-no-no.
(I'm not a juvenile)
F Dm Bb C F
No-no-no, I'm not a juvenile delinquent.
F Dm Bb
(Ooo-wah-ooo-wah-ooo-wah-ooo-wah..ooo-wah-ooo-
C
wah-ooo-wah)
#1.
F Dm Bb
Do the things that's right and you'll do nothing
C
wrong.
F Dm Bb C
Life will be so nice, you'll be in paradise.
F Dm Bb C F
I know-ow-ow, because I'm not a juvenile delinquent.
F Dm Bb
(Ooo-wah-ooo-wah-ooo-wah-ooo-wah..ooo-wah-ooo-
C
wah-ooo-wah)
#2.
F Dm Bb C
But listen boys and girls you need not be blue.
F Dm Bb C
Life is what you make of it, it all depends on you.
F Dm Bb C F
I know-ow-ow-ow, because I'm not a juvenile delinquent.
F Dm Bb
(Ooo-wah-ooo-wah-ooo-wah-ooo-wah..ooo-wah-ooo-
C
wah-ooo-wah)
CHORUS:
Gm Bb Gm Bb F
It's easy to be good, it's hard to be bad, stay
out of trouble, and you'll be glad.
Gm C
Take this tip from me, and you will see, how happy
G C
you will be.
BRIDGE:
F Dm Bb C F Dm
Oh-oh, boys and girls, this is my story and I add
Bb C
all of my glory.
F Dm Bb C F
I know, because I'm not a juvenile delinquent.
F Dm Bb
(Ooo-wah-ooo-wah-ooo-wah-ooo-wah..ooo-wah-ooo-
C
wah-ooo-wah)
CHORUS:
Gm Bb Gm Bb F
It's easy to be good, it's hard to be bad, stay
out of trouble, and you'll be glad.
Gm C
Take this tip from me, and you will see, how happy
G C
you will be.
BRIDGE:
F Dm Bb C F Dm
Oh-oh, boys and girls, this is my story and I add
Bb C
all of my glory.
F Dm Bb C F
I know, because I'm not a juvenile delinquent.
F Dm Bb
(Ooo-wah-ooo-wah-ooo-wah-ooo-wah..ooo-wah-ooo-
C
wah-ooo-wah)
OUTRO:
F Dm Bb C
No-no-no, (I'm not a juvenile..(x12)..(Fade.)
A fifties smash from Kraziekhat.
And The Teenagers.
On GEE Records in 1956.
INTRO:
(I'm not a juvenile delinquent.)
F Dm Bb C F Dm Bb C
No-no-no-no-no-no-no-no..no-no-no-no-no-no-no-no.
(I'm not a juvenile)
F Dm Bb C F
No-no-no, I'm not a juvenile delinquent.
F Dm Bb
(Ooo-wah-ooo-wah-ooo-wah-ooo-wah..ooo-wah-ooo-
C
wah-ooo-wah)
#1.
F Dm Bb
Do the things that's right and you'll do nothing
C
wrong.
F Dm Bb C
Life will be so nice, you'll be in paradise.
F Dm Bb C F
I know-ow-ow, because I'm not a juvenile delinquent.
F Dm Bb
(Ooo-wah-ooo-wah-ooo-wah-ooo-wah..ooo-wah-ooo-
C
wah-ooo-wah)
#2.
F Dm Bb C
But listen boys and girls you need not be blue.
F Dm Bb C
Life is what you make of it, it all depends on you.
F Dm Bb C F
I know-ow-ow-ow, because I'm not a juvenile delinquent.
F Dm Bb
(Ooo-wah-ooo-wah-ooo-wah-ooo-wah..ooo-wah-ooo-
C
wah-ooo-wah)
CHORUS:
Gm Bb Gm Bb F
It's easy to be good, it's hard to be bad, stay
out of trouble, and you'll be glad.
Gm C
Take this tip from me, and you will see, how happy
G C
you will be.
BRIDGE:
F Dm Bb C F Dm
Oh-oh, boys and girls, this is my story and I add
Bb C
all of my glory.
F Dm Bb C F
I know, because I'm not a juvenile delinquent.
F Dm Bb
(Ooo-wah-ooo-wah-ooo-wah-ooo-wah..ooo-wah-ooo-
C
wah-ooo-wah)
CHORUS:
Gm Bb Gm Bb F
It's easy to be good, it's hard to be bad, stay
out of trouble, and you'll be glad.
Gm C
Take this tip from me, and you will see, how happy
G C
you will be.
BRIDGE:
F Dm Bb C F Dm
Oh-oh, boys and girls, this is my story and I add
Bb C
all of my glory.
F Dm Bb C F
I know, because I'm not a juvenile delinquent.
F Dm Bb
(Ooo-wah-ooo-wah-ooo-wah-ooo-wah..ooo-wah-ooo-
C
wah-ooo-wah)
OUTRO:
F Dm Bb C
No-no-no, (I'm not a juvenile..(x12)..(Fade.)
A fifties smash from Kraziekhat.
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