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Misc Unsigned Bands - Shirley Ellis - Name Game chords

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The Name Game:Shirley Ellis.
#3 on Rock Charts and #4 on R&B in 1965.

INTRO:
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The name game!

CHORUS:
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Shirley!
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Shirley, Shirley bo Birley Bonana fanna fo Firley,
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Fee fy mo Mirley..Shirley!
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Lincoln!
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Lincoln, Lincoln bo Bincoln Bonana fanna fo Fincoln,
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Fee fy mo Mincoln..Lincoln!

#1.
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Come on everybody! I say now let's play a game.
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I betcha I can make a rhyme, out of anybody's name.
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The first letter of the name, I treat it like it wasn't there.
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But a B or an F or an M will appear.
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And then I say Bo add a B then I say the name and 
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Bonana fanna and a Fo.
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And then I say the name again with an F, very plain,
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and a Fee Fy and a Mo.
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And then I say the name again with an M this time,
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and there isn't any name that I can't rhyme.

CHORUS:
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Arnold!
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Arnold, Arnold bo Barnold Bonana fanna fo Farnold,
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Fee fy mo Marnold..Arnold!

#2.
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But if the first two letters are ever the same,

I drop them both, and say the name, like

Bob, Bob drop the B's Bo Ob.

For Fred, Fred drop the F's Fo Red.
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For Mary, Mary drop the M's Mo Ary.
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That's the only rule that is contrary.

#3.
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Okay? Now say Bo: Bo!

Now Tony with a B: Bony!

Then Bonana Fanna Fo: Bonana Fanna Fo.
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Then you say the name again with an F very plain: Fony..
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Then a Fee Fy and a Mo: Fee Fy Mo.
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Then you say the name again with an M this time: Mony!
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And there isn't any name that you can't rhyme.

OUTRO:
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Every body do Tony! (Rhyme.)Pretty good, let's do Billy!(Rhyme.)

Very good, let's do Marsha! (Ryhme.)A little trick with Nick!(Rhyme.)

The name game...(Fade.)


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