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Hang On Sloopy Bass

(ver. 1)
Mccoys
Hang On Sloopy
The McCoys
Written by Wes Farrell and Bert Russell; released as a single with "I Can't 
Explain It" as the B-side, and on the album "Hang On Sloopy".

Intro:
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  (drums)


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Refrain:
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  Hang                    on,     Sloopy,         Sloopy, hang on!


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  Hang                    on,     Sloopy,         Sloopy, hang on!


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Verse:
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  Sloopy      lives       in  a   ve- ry      bad      part  of


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  town,                                                       And
  oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

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  eve  -  ry- bo  -   dy,     yeah,       tries to put my Sloopy


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  down.
  oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

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  Sloopy,     I       don't   care            what your daddy do,


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                                                             'Cause
  oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

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  you know,       Sloopy,     girl,       I'm in  love    with you.


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                                      And so  I   sing out:
  oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
Refrain:
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  Hang                    on,     Sloopy,         Sloopy, hang on!


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  Hang                    on,     Sloopy,         Sloopy, hang on!


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Verse:
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  Sloopy  wears a red dress,  yeah,           as  old  as    the


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  Nil,                                                    But when
  oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

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  Sloopy  wears   red dress,  yeah,   you know it gives me   the
              that

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  chills,         oh,         oh.
  oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

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  Sloopy, when I  see you     wal  -  kin',       walkin' down the


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  street,                                                 I   say
  oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

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  don't worry,    Sloopy      girl,       you be- long    to  me.


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                                      And so  I   sing out:
  oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
Refrain:
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  Hang                    on,     Sloopy,         Sloopy, hang on!


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  Hang                    on,     Sloopy,         Sloopy, hang on,


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                  yeah,   yeah,   yeah,   yeah!

Break (solo):
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Verse:
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  Sloopy, let your hair down, girl,           let hang down  on
                                                it

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  me,
  oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

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  Sloopy, let your hair down, girl,           let hang down  on
                                                it

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  me,             yeah,                           Come on,
  oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

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  Sloopy,                                     oh, come on,
             (come on,    come on)

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  Sloopy,                                   Well, come on,    Sloo-
             (come on,    come on)

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      py,                                   well, come on,    Sloo-
             (come on,    come on)

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      py,                                 Well, it feels  so
             (come on,    come on)

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  good,                               you know it feels   so
             (come on,    come on)

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  good,                             Well, shake   shake   shake it,
             (come on,    come on)            it,     it,

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  Sloopy,                             oh, shake   shake   shake it,
             (come on,    come on)            it,     it,

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  yeah!
             (come on,    come on)

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Refrain:
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  Hang                    on,     Sloopy,         Sloopy, hang on,


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          yeah,   yeah,   yeah,   yeah,   yeah,   yeah!   Oh,


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  hang                    on,     Sloopy,         Sloopy, hang on!


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                  yeah,   yeah,   yeah,   yeah,   yeah,   yeah!

Outro:
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  Hang                    on,     Sloopy,         Sloopy, hang on!


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