[Intro no drums] 2 x no drums 1 x bass drum Horns in
[Verse 1] Do you remember The 21st night of September? Love was changin' the minds of pretenders While chasin' the clouds away Our hearts were ringin' In the key that our souls were singin' As we danced in the night, remember How the stars stole the night away, oh, yeah Hey, hey, hey
[Chorus] Ba-dee-ya, say, do you remember? Ba-dee-ya, dancin' in September Ba-dee-ya, never was a cloudy day Ba-du-da, ba-du-da, ba-du-da, ba-du Ba-du-da, ba-du, ba-du-da, ba-du Ba-du-da, ba-du, ba-du-da
[Verse 2] My thoughts are with you Holdin' hands with your heart to see you Only blue talk and love, remember How we knew love was here to stay Now December Found the love that we shared in September Only blue talk and love, remember The true love we share today Hey, hey, hey
[Chorus] Ba-dee-ya, say, do you remember? Ba-dee-ya, dancin' in September Ba-dee-ya, never was a cloudy day There was a Ba-dee-ya (dee-ya, dee-ya), say, do you remember? Ba-dee-ya (dee-ya, dee-ya), dancin' in September Ba-dee-ya (dee-ya, dee-ya), golden dreams were shiny days
[Verse 3] The bell was ringin', oh, oh Our souls were singin' Do you remember never a cloudy day? Yow
[Chorus] There was a Ba-dee-ya (dee-ya, dee-ya), say, do you remember? Ba-dee-ya (dee-ya, dee-ya), dancin' in September Ba-dee-ya (dee-ya, dee-ya), never was a cloudy day And we'll say Ba-dee-ya (dee-ya, dee-ya), say, do you remember? Ba-dee-ya (dee-ya, dee-ya), dancin' in September Ba-dee-ya (dee ya, dee-ya), golden dreams were shiny days Ba-dee-ya, dee-ya, dee-ya Ba-dee-ya, dee-ya, dee-ya Ba-dee-ya, dee-ya, dee-ya, dee-ya! Ba-dee-ya, dee-ya, dee-ya Ba-dee-ya, dee-ya, dee-ya Ba-dee-ya, dee-ya, dee-ya, dee-ya!
[Ends] [Guitar Chords]
Verse 1 Dmaj7 C#m7 Do you remember Bm7 F#m7 Dmaj7 C#m7 the 21st night of September? Bm7 F#m7 Dmaj7 C#m7 Love was changing the minds of pretenders Bm7 Fm7 G/A While chasing the clouds away
Verse 2 (DM7 - C#m7 - Bm7 - F#m7 G/A) Our hearts were ringing In the key that our souls were singing. As we danced in the night, Remember how the stars stole the night away
Chorus Bm7 E7 C#m7 F#m7 Ba de ya - say do you remember Bm7 E7 C#m7 F#m7 Ba de ya - dancing in September Bm7 E7 C#m7 F#m7 G/A Ba de ya - never was a cloudy day
Verse 3 (DM7 - C#m7 - Bm7 - F#m7 G/A) My thoughts are with you Holding hands with your heart to see you Only blue talk and love, Remember how we knew love was here to stay
Verse 4 (DM7 - C#m7 - Bm7 - F#m7 G/A) Now December found the love that we shared in September. Only blue talk and love, Remember the true love we share today
[Intro - Tab] * means strum with right hand little finger + strum up with little finger so mainly playing notes on high E
E 1--t5s3p0t5--*6s5p3--h6--6--0-+12-+1212s10--+1010s8--+8s10-*10-*8---5-3------ A 1-------------3-------------1-------------------------------3---1---6-5------- D 2-------------3-------------0-------------------------------3---2---5-5------- G 3-------------3-------------2-------------------------------3---3------------- B 3-------------1-------------3-------------------------------1---3------------- E 1-------------x-------------------------------------------------1-------------
[Verse 1] [F] A bottle of white [Gm7/F-113333] a bottle of red [C/F] Perhaps a bottle of [Bb/F] rose ins [F] tead
Rhythm coming into run is 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 F Run starts on 2
[Run to C - starts on beat] B ------1h3-- G -0h2h3----- D 3(ring)----
[C] We'll get a [C]table [Bb]near the [F/A]street In our [F/A]old [Bb]familiar [C]place [Gm7] You and I [C] --fa-a-a [Gm7] ce to [C] face [Bb/C-x3333x] hmmm
[F] A bottle of red, [Gm7/F] a bottle of white [C/F] It all depends on your [Bb/F] aaaa ppe [F] tite (Run to C) [G7] I'll meet you [F/A]any time [G/B]you want [C] In our I [Bb/D] taliaa [C/E] aaan ....Restaurant [F][Gm7/F]
[Phrase during F to Gm7/F] E 5-5-----5--6-5-3--6 A 6---8p6-6--3------ D 5-------5--3------ G 7-------7--x------ B 8-------8--5------ E 5-------5--3------
[Verse 2 - All barre chords for hard staccato] [G-355433] Things are okay with [D/G-300232] me these days [G7] Got a good job, [G9-3x0005] got a good office [C] Got a new wife, [F] got a new life And the [Dsus4 - x5778x] family's fine [G/D - x55433][D - x57775]
[G] We lost touch [D/G] long ago [G7] You lost weight I [G9] did not know [C] You could ever [F] look so good after [Dsus4] So much time. [G/D][D]
[Verse 3] You re [Eb] member those days hanging [Bb] ou At the village [F] green [Eb] Engineer boots, leather [Bb] jackets And tight blue [F] jeans Drop a [Eb] dime in the box play the [Bb] Song about New Or [F] leans [Eb] Cold beer, [Bb] hot lights [C] My sweet r [D] omantic teenage nights
[Solo G barre - chords barres] [G][Gmaj7-364433][G7][G7] - [C][F][Am7][D] [G][Gmaj7][G7][G7] - [C][F][Am7][D] [D][D][D][D] - play ascending line if can
[Piano] G Bass - play octaves staccato [G][F][C/E-03555x][D-x5777x] x 4
[G] Oooh o [F] h oh o [C/E] h oh oh [D] oh oh oh oh [G] Oooh o [F] h oh o [C/E] h oh oh [D] oh oh oh oh
[Verse 4 - Dont go double time] [G] Brenda and Eddie were the popular steadies And the [D] king and the queen of the prom [D][C] [G] Riding around with the [G/B] car top down and the [C] radio on [F][C][F][C] [G] Nobody looked any f [D] iner [D][C] Or was [G] more of a hit at the [C] Parkway Diner [G] We never knew we could [F] want more than that out of l [E7] ife Surely [Am7] Brenda and [G/B] Eddie would [C] always know [Am7/D] how to survive [G] . [G] Oooh [F] oh oh [C/E] oh oh o [D] h oh oh oh oh [G] Oooh [F] oh oh [C/E] oh oh o [D] h oh oh oh oh
[Verse 5] [G] Brenda and Eddie were still going steady in the [D] summer of '75 [D][C] [G] When they decided the [G/B] marriage would be at the [C] end of July [F][C][F][C] [G] Everyone said they were [D] crazy [D][C] [G] Brenda you know you're [C] much too lazy [G] Eddie could never af [F] ford to live that kind of [E7] life." But [Am7] there we were [G/B] wavin' [C] Brenda and [Am7/D] Eddie good [G] bye. [G] Oooh [F] oh oh [C/E] oh oh o [D] h oh oh oh oh
[Verse 6] They [F/C] got an apartment with deep pile carpet [D] And a couple of paintings [G] from Sea [C] rs [G] A [F/C] big waterbed that they bought with the bread They had [D] saved for a couple of [G] years [C][G] They [F/C] started to fight when the money got tight And [D] they just didn't count on the [Em] tears. Whoa oh [A7] oh oh oh oh [Am7/D] oh yaaa rock n'roll
[Verse 7] They l [F/C] ived for a while in a very nice style But it's [D] always the same in the [C] en [G] d They [F/C] got a divorce as a matter of course And they [D] parted the closest of fr [C] eh- [G] ends Then the [F/C] king and the queen went back to the green But you can [D] never go back there a [Em7] gain. Oh oh oh [A7] ohhhhh oh oh oh [Am7/D] ohhhhhh
[Verse 8] [G] Brenda and Eddie had had it already By the [D] summer of '75 [D][C] From the [G] high to the low To the [G/B] end of the show For the [C] rest of their lives [F][C][F][C] They [G] couldn't go back to the [D] greasers [D][C] The [G] best they could do was pick [C] up the pieces We [G] always knew they would [F] both find a way to get [E7] by ooooh [Am7] That's all I [G/B] heard about [C] Brenda and [D] Eddie [Am7] Can't tell you [G/B] more than I [C] told you al [D] ready [Am7] And here we are [G/B] wavin' [C] Brenda and [Am7/D] Eddie good
[Interlude] By [G] e. Oh [F] oh Oh [C/E] oh Oh o [D] h Oh oh [G] oh Oh o [F] h Oh [C/E] oh Oh o [D] h Oh oh [G] oh Oh [F] oh Oh [C/E] oh Oh [D] oh oh oh oh
[Descending Chords] ** = fret these notes with right hand first finger behind the 8th fret and pull off the 8th fret with left hand to sound them
[F][F/E][F/D][F/C][F/Bb][F/A] E -------------------- A -10(keep ringing)--- D -10------------------ G -10------------------ B -8-----7---------------- E ------------10-----8----6-s----5**
[C][Bb][Bb/A][Bb/G][Bb/F][Bb/E] E -------------------- A 5---3----3(keep ringing) D 5---3----3--------------- G 5---3----3--------------- B 3---1----0--------------- E -----------------3-------1----0
[Orchestrated section - each chord count 1 2 3 4 unless in brackets - then count just 2] [F][F][Gm7/F][Gm7/F][C/F][C/F][Bb/F][F] [C] ([C][Bb]) [F/A] ([F/A][Bb])([C][Gm7]) ([C][Gm7]) [Gm7/C][C7] (drum fill)
[Verse 9] [F] A bottle of red, [Gm7/F] ooooo and bottle of white [C/F] Whatever kind of mood you're [Bb/F]in to [F]night [G7] I'll meet you [F/A]any tiime [G/B]you want [C] In our I [Bb/D] talian [C/E] Restau [F]rant [Gm7/F]
[Saxophone] [Cmaj7][Fmaj7][Bbmaj7] [Cmaj7][Fmaj7][Bbmaj7] [Dm7][C/E][F][Dm7/G] [F/C][C] Nice technique - play C shape at 12th fret for top 3 notes but use RH first finger to finger the 15th fret of A to get the low C and then strum with little finger