Those Conga Drums
(Appears on Jonathan Sings (unreleased demo version), The College Rock Hour, and Jonathan Sings)
Jonathan Sings version - Chords
That's right oooooh
F
Well down by the beach you know, every day
That's when the conga drums start to play
Their boom boom and thrum thrum
At first that sound seemed kind of dumb
Bb F
(Those conga drums)
When I was lonely back in '73
Bb F
(Those conga drums)
That's when the conga drums spoke to me
Bb F
(Those conga drums)
F Bb
I was was kind of poor, I didn't have much choice
F C
It was just those drums and the human voice
Bb
Well boom boom boom and a thrum thrum
F
Oooh I kinda like them conga drums
C
Floating all around
Bb
On the bum
F
That's when I got used to conga drums
Ooooh That's Right
F
Well, down by the beach you know, around six o'clock
That's when the conga drums start to rock
Eight or nine guys playing all in a row
Then somebody leaves because he's got to go
Bb F
(Those conga drums)
Well now there are nine playing all in a row
Bb F
(Those conga drums)
Then someone leaves because he's got to go
Bb F
(Those conga drums)
F Bb
I gotta like the beats with these here conga drums
F C
'Cause the teen gang's standing by the old wine bums
Bb
Well I was kind of lonely, kind of thin 'round the middle
F
I took down my guard and loosened up just a little
C
Floating all around
Bb
On the bum
F
That's when I got used to conga drums
Oooh that's right
Jonathan Sings version - Chordpro
That's right oooooh
[F] Well down by the beach you know, every day
That's when the conga drums start to play
Their boom boom and thrum thrum
At first that sound seemed kind of dumb
[Bb] (Those conga [F] drums)
When I was lonely back in '73
[Bb] (Those conga [F] drums)
That's when the conga drums spoke to me
[Bb] (Those conga [F] drums)
[F] I was was kind of poor, I didn't [Bb] have much choice
It was [F] just those drums and the [C] human voice
[Bb] Well boom boom boom and a thrum thrum
[F] Oooh I kinda like them conga drums
[C] Floating all around
[Bb] On the bum
[F] That's when I got used to conga drums
Ooooh That's Right
[F] Well, down by the beach you know, around six o'clock
That's when the conga drums start to rock
Eight or nine guys playing all in a row
Then somebody leaves because he's got to go
[Bb] (Those conga [F] drums)
Well now there are nine playing all in a row
[Bb] (Those conga [F] drums)
Then someone leaves because he's got to go
[Bb] (Those conga [F] drums)
[F] I gotta like the beats with these here [Bb] conga drums
'Cause the [F] teen gang's standing by the [C] old wine bums
[Bb] Well I was kind of lonely, kind of thin 'round the middle
[F] I took down my guard and loosened up just a little
[C] Floating all around
[Bb] On the bum
[F] That's when I got used to conga drums
Oooh that's right
Jonathan Sings version - Lyrics
That's right oooooh
Well down by the beach you know, every day
That's when the conga drums start to play
Their boom boom and thrum thrum
At first that sound seemed kind of dumb
(Those conga drums)
When I was lonely back in '73
(Those conga drums)
That's when the conga drums spoke to me
(Those conga drums)
I was was kind of poor, I didn't have much choice
It was just those drums and the human voice
Well boom boom boom and a thrum thrum
Oooh I kinda like them conga drums
Floating all around
On the bum
That's when I got used to conga drums
Ooooh That's Right
Well, down by the beach you know, around six o'clock
That's when the conga drums start to rock
Eight or nine guys playing all in a row
Then somebody leaves because he's got to go
(Those conga drums)
Well now there are nine playing all in a row
(Those conga drums)
Then someone leaves because he's got to go
(Those conga drums)
I gotta like the beats with these here conga drums
'Cause the teen gang's standing by the old wine bums
Well I was kind of lonely, kind of thin 'round the middle
I took down my guard and loosened up just a little
Floating all around
On the bum
That's when I got used to conga drums
Oooh that's right
Jonathan Sings (unreleased demo version) version - Chords
Jonathan Sings (unreleased demo version) version - Lyrics
That's right, oooooh
That's right, oooooh
That's right, oooooh
That's right, oooooh
that's right, oooooh
Well down by the beach you know, every day
That's when the conga drums start to play
Their boom boom and thrum thrum
At first that sound seemed kind of dumb
(Those conga drums)
When I was lonely back in '73
(Those conga drums)
That's when the conga drums spoke to me
(Those conga drums)
I was was kind of poor, I didn't have much choice
It was just those drums and the human voice
Well boom boom boom and a thrum thrum
Oooh I kinda like them conga drums
Floating all around
On the bum
That's when I got used to conga drums
Ooooh That's Right
Ooooh That's Right
Ooooh That's Right
Well, down by the beach you know, around six o'clock
That's when the conga drums start to rock
Eight or nine guys playing all in a row
Then somebody leaves cause he's got to go
(Those conga drums)
Well now there was nine playing all in a row
(Those conga drums)
Then someone leaves cause he's got to go
(Those conga drums)
I gotta like the beats with these here conga drums
'Cause the teen gang's standing by the old wine bums
Well I was kind of lonely, kind of thin 'round the middle
I took down my guard and loosened up just a little
Floating all around
On the bum
That's when I got used to conga drums
yeah
Oooh that's right, yeah
Oooh that's right
Oooh that's right
Oooh that's right
Oooh that's right
Oooh that's right
Oooh
College Rock Hour version - Chords
College Rock Hour version - Lyrics
(Well down by the beach you know, every day
That's when the conga drums start to play
a boom boom boom and a thrum thrum
At first that sound seemed kind of dumb
but then I got to like the conga drums)
I say a 1, a 2, a 1 2 3 4
yeah, ooooooh, that's right
yeah, ooooooh, that's right
down by the beach you know, every day
That's when the conga drums start to play
a boom boom boom and a thrum thrum
At first that sound was kind of dumb
(Those conga drums)
but I was lonely back in '73
(Those conga drums)
That's when the conga drums spoke to me
(Those conga drums)
I was was kind of poor, I didn't have much choice
It was just those drums and the human voice
so Well boom boom boom and thrum thrum
Oooh I got to like the conga drums, that's right
Floating all around
On the bum
That's when I got used to conga drums
Ooooh That's Right
Ooooh That's Right
Ooooh That's Right
down by the beach you know, around six o'clock
That's when the conga drums usually start to rock
Eight or nine guys playing all in a row
Then somebody leaves cause he's got to go
(Those conga drums)
eight or nine playing all in a row
(Those conga drums)
Then someone leaves cause he's got to go
(Those conga drums)
I gotta like the beats with these here conga drums
the teen gang's playin by the old wine bums
When I was getting lonely, a little bit thin around the middle
I put down my guard and loosened up just a little
Floating all around, loosin me up,
On the bum
well, That's how I got, got used to conga drums
Oooh that's right, yeah
Oooh that's right
Oooh that's right
Oooh that's right
Oooh that's right
Oooh that's right
Oooh that's right
(yeah I got to like it, yeah that was good, .???. got to like ????, but then after a while got to like conga drums too, it was a big deal ???)
Oooh that's right
Oooh that's right