Songwriter(s): Dion DiMucci, Ernie Maresca; Producer: Gene Schwartz
Intro:
[D] Here’s my story, it’s sad but true.
[Bbm] It’s about a girl… that I once knew.
[G] She took my love… then ran around…
[A] With every single… guy in town.
(Doo Wop Segment):
[D] (Hey-hey, bom-da-lay, da-lay-da, [Bbm] hey-hey)
………….……….. Woah-oh-oh, oh-oh……. Ooh……….……..
(bom-da-lay, da-lay-da, [G] hey-hey)
Woah-oh-oh, oh-oh…… Ooh…………..
(bom-da-lay, da-lay-da, [A] hey-hey)
Woah-oh-oh, oh-oh…… Ooh…………..
Lat-lat-lat-lat
[D] (Hey-hey…….… bom-da-lay, da-lay-da, [Bbm] hey-hey)
Woah………….. Ooh-oh-oh……………………..…….. Oh…oh………..
………. (bom-da-lay, da-lay-da…………, [G] hey-hey)
oh-oh ^ oh-oh-oh ^ oh-oh ^ oh….. Ooh………..….
(bom-da-lay, da-lay-da, [A] hey!)
……..……………………..……… oh!……….
(Aww………………………………….……..)
Verse 1:
Yea…. [D] I should have known it from the [D] very start;
…………… (Hey-hey, bom-da-lay, da-lay-da, hey-hey)
[Bbm] This girl would leave me with a [Bbm] broken heart;
(Hey-hey, bom-da-lay, da-lay-da, hey-hey)
[G] Now listen people what I’m [G] telling you;
(Hey-hey, bom-da-lay, da-lay-da, hey!)
[A]! A-keep away from-a Runaround Sue yea…eh.
Verse 2:
[D] I miss her lips and the [D] smile on her face;
(Hey-hey, bom-da-lay, da-lay-da, hey-hey)
The [Bbm] touch of her hand and this [Bbm] girl’s warm embrace;
(Hey-hey, bom-da-lay, da-lay-da, hey-hey)
[G] So if you don’t wanna [G] cry like I do;
(Hey-hey, bom-da-lay, da-lay-da, hey)
[A]! A-keep away from-a Runaround Sue.
Interlude:
[D] (Hey-hey…….… bom-da-lay, da-lay-da, [Bbm] hey-hey)
Woah…………….. Ooh-oh-oh……………….…….….. Oh…oh…….…..
(bom-da-lay, da-lay-da……. [G] hey-hey)
Woah…. oh-oh ^ oh-oh…… Ooh
(bom-da-lay, da-lay-da……. [A] Hey!)
Woah…. oh-oh ^ oh-oh…… Ooh!
Bridge 1:
(Aww………………………………….………….)
[G] She likes to travel around, yeah!
(Ahh……………………………….……………..)
She’ll [D] love you and she’ll put you down.
(Ahh………………………………………….….……………)
Now [G] people let me put you wise ah;
…… (Ahh………….………………….…………………)
A- [A]! Sue goes… out with other guys.
Verse 3:
Here’s the [D] moral in the story from the [D] guy who knows;
…………..…. (Hey-hey, bom-da-lay, da-lay-da, hey-hey)
[Bbm] I fell in love and my [Bbm] love still grows;
………………..… (Hey-hey, bom-da-lay, da-lay-da, hey-hey)
[G] Ask any fool that [G] she ever knew, they’ll tell ya;
(Hey-hey, bom-da-lay, da-lay-da, hey!)
[A]! Keep away from-a Runaround Sue: I pay it [D] all;
Bridge 2:
[D] Yeah… keep away from this [Bbm] girl;
(Hey-hey, bom-da-lay, da-lay-da, hey-hey)
I know… know what [G] she’ll do;
(Hey-hey, bom-da-lay, da-lay-da, hey-hey)
Keep away from [A] Sue!
(Hey-hey, bom-da-lay, da-lay-da, hey!)
Repeat of Bridge 1:
(Aww……………………………………….…….)
[G] She likes to travel around, yeah!
(Ahh………………………………….…………..)
She’ll [D] love you and she’ll put you down.
(Ahh………………………………………………..…………)
Now [G] people let me put you wise ah;
……. (Ahh……………………….…………..…………)
A- [A]! Sue goes… out with other guys.
Verse 4:
Here’s the [D] moral in the story from the [D] guy who knows;
………….…. (Hey-hey, bom-da-lay, da-lay-da, hey-hey)
[Bbm] I fell in love and my [Bbm] love still grows;
(Hey-hey, bom-da-lay, da-lay-da, hey-hey)
[G] Ask any fool that [G] she ever knew, they’ll tell ya;
(Hey-hey, bom-da-lay, da-lay-da, hey!)
[A] A-Keep away from-a [A] Runaround Sue!
Outro:
Yeah!…… stay away from this girl;
[D] (Hey-hey, bom-da-lay, da-lay-da, [Bbm] hey-hey)
Don’t you know what she’ll do now?
(Hey-hey, bom-da-lay, da-lay-da, [G] hey-hey)
Woah……… oh-woh, oh-woh, oh-oh-Ohh!
(Hey-hey, bom-da-lay, da-lay-da……. [A] hey-hey)
(Fade to End):
Woah… Ohh! oh Ohh…….. woah-oh ^ oh-oh-oh………….. Oh……………….
…………..…………….. [D] (Hey-hey, bom-da-lay, da-lay-da, [Bbm] hey-hey)
Woah-oh-oh-oh-oh, [G] Oh……………………..
(Hey-hey, bom-da-lay, da-lay-da, hey-hey)
Keep away from that [A] girl ah……………
Don’t you know what she’ll [G] do now?