Clambake

Written by: Ben Weisman/Sid Wayne
From the soundtrack album: “Clambake” (1967)
Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard

SPECIAL CHORDS
     E-A-D-G-B-e
Bb   x-1-3-3-3-1
Eb   x-6-5-3-4-3
F7   1-3-1-2-1-1

Intro

| C | % | % | % |
 (Hey, all right)

Chorus

 C
(Clambake, gonna have a clambake)
C
(Clambake, gonna have a clambake)
     C
Hmm, Mama's little baby loves clambake, clambake
C
Mama's little baby loves clambake too
C
Mama's little baby loves clambake, clambake
C
Mama's little baby loves clambake too

Verse 1

C            Bb                 C
 Hey, listen world you've gotta know
C           Bb                C
 I'm cuttin loose and lettin' go
F              Eb            F
 Who needs the worry and the strife
G                           F7
Life can be a ball now just followin' my life

Chorus

C
Clambake, gonna have a clambake
C
Clambake, gonna have a clambake

Verse 2

C             Bb                  C
 Look for the brightest lights in town
C                    Bb              C
 That's where you'll find me hanging round
F              Eb            F
 I've got this feeling to be free
  G                                   F7
I pick and choose the life I want and that's the life for me

Chorus

C
Clambake, gonna have a clambake
C
Clambake, gonna have a clambake
 C
(Mama's little baby loves clambake, clambake)
 C
(Mama's little baby loves clambake too)
C
Mama's little baby loves clambake, clambake
C
Mama's little baby loves clambake too (Hey!)

Solo

|  C7  |  %  |  %  |  %  |
   |  F  |  %  |  C7  |  %  |
(All right)
|  G  |  %  |  F7 |  %  |
|  C7  |  %  |  %  |  C7  |
                    (break)

Verse 3

C             Bb                  C
 Look for the brightest lights in town
C                    Bb              C
 That's where you'll find me hanging round
F              Eb            F
 I've got this feeling to be free
  G                                   F7
I pick and choose the life I want and that's the life for me

Chorus

C
Clambake, gonna have a clambake
C
Clambake, gonna have a clambake
C
Mama's little baby loves clambake, clambake
C
Mama's little baby loves clambake too
C
Mama's little baby loves clambake, clambake
C
Mama's little baby loves clambake too

Chorus

 C
(Clambake, gonna have a clambake)
C
(Clambake, gonna have a clambake)
 Mama's little baby loves clambake, clambake, mama's little baby loves clambake too
C
(Clambake, gonna have a clambake)
 Mama's little baby loves clambake, clambake, mama's little baby loves clambake too
C
(Clambake, gonna have a clambake)
 Mama's little baby loves clambake, clambake, mama's little baby loves clambake too

Coda

 C                                C C C C Bb C
(Clambake, gonna have a clambake)            (break)
 C                                C C C C Bb C
 Clambake, gonna have a clambake)            (end)