Bandstand Boogie(Keyboard chords)

	        


E           A 
We're goin' hoppin', we're goin' hoppin' today 
                 D                F#m 
Where things are poppin' the Philadelphia way 
            A                  B 
We're gonna drop in on all the music they play 
       A 
On the bandstand (bandstand)  


Verse 1:
 
A 
We're goin' swingin', we're gonna swing in the crowd 
             Bm                    A 
And we'll be clingin' and floatin' high as a cloud 
                                   B 
The phones are ringin', my mom and dad are so proud 
       A 
I'm on bandstand (bandstand) 
A                        B                    A 
And I'll jump and hey, I may even show 'em my handstand 
            D               A 
Because I'm on, because I'm on the American bandstand 
                             A                        A 
When we dance real slow I'll show all the guys in the grandstand 
A 
What a swinger I am, I am on American bandstand 
 


                                 E 
We're goin' hoppin', we're goin' hoppin' today 
                 D 
Where things are poppin' the Philadelphia way 
            E                   Bm 
We're gonna drop in on all the music they play 
       A 
On the bandstand (bandstand)  


Interlude: B F# D 

B 
Bandstand, bandstand, bandstand 
                                                    F#        D 
Bring it on, hear us go, ready to go, but a pro 
Bridge 
B       C         A    D       A    D        G      D 
Hey I'm makin' my mark,   gee, this joint is jumpin' 
     G    D      A    B           A        D 
They made such a fuss just to see us arrive 
         Dm      A      F#m                 E 
Hey it's Mr.Dick Clark, what a place you've got here 
D     F#m       D       Bm        B 
Swell spot, the music's hot here, best in the east 
           Bb              A 
Give it at least a seventy five 
                Eb             D  Bm       A 
Now for all you Joe's, it goes by American handstand 
                                                Ab    A 
Because I'm on, because I'm on the American bandstand 
                 Abm       D           Eb          A 
As we dance real slow, I'm showin' the guys on the grandstand 
                        Bm     A 
That I like my girl but I love American bandstand 


    Bb                          G   Bb 
The singers' croonin', he ain't the greatest but gee 
          Eb          Cm 
My baby's swoonin' in front of all of TV 
          Gm   F   D             G 
So if you tune in, you'll see my baby and me 
       Eb      Bb 
On the bandstand (bandstand) 


              Bbm         Bb       Bbm         F 
And now we're hoppin' and we'll be hoppin' all day 
                 Eb                       Cm 
Where things are poppin' the Philadelphia way 
                       Bb      Gm         Abm 
And you can drop in on all the music they play 
       Eb         Bb 
On the bandstand (bandstand) 
Other 
                   Db       Eb        C 
And we'll rock and roll and stroll on American 
F#    A       Eb 
Lindy hop and slop, it's American 
             Db           Eb 
Tune in, I'm on, turn on, I'm in, I'm on 
A E     Bb      Eb   Bb Cm C B Bb 
        Today,  ay,  ay                  bandstand

	        

Written by Charles Albertine