Dang Me — Roger Miller

Chords and lyrics for Dang Me by Roger Miller (key of E).

Verse 1

"Riff" played during the onomatopeia portions:
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[Intro] E
Boy-beep-beep-beep-beep-beep-beep-beep-buh-doop-a bwa baung buoing
But boun but boun but [A]boun but boun duh-doo, [B7]Doun Dut Doun duh doo-doot
doo doo [E]doun

Verse 1

Well [E]here I sit high, [A]a-gettin' ideas
Ain't [B7]nothin' but a fool'd [E]live like this
Out all night an' [A]runnin' wild
[B7]Woman sittin' home with a month old chil'

Chorus

[E]Dang me, [A]dang me
They [B7]oughtta take a rope an' [E]hang me
E A (hold)
High from the highest tree
Woman would you weep for me, beed-eeep eeep buh-doop boiong boing [E]boing
[E]One more time, beed-eeep eeep buh-doop boiong boing [E]boing

Verse 2

Jus' [E]sittin’ ‘round drinking with the [A]rest of the guys
[B7]Six rounds bought and [E]I bought five
An' I [E]spent the groceries an' [A]half the rent
I lack [B7]fourteen dollars havin’ twenty seven cents so

Chorus

[E]Dang me, [A]dang me
They [B7]ought to take and rope and [E]hang me
E A (hold)
High from the highest tree
Woman would you weep for me, beed-eeep eeep buh-doop boiong boing [E]boing
[E]One more time, beed-eeep eeep buh-doop boiong boing [E]boing

Verse 3

[E]Roses are red and [A]violets are purple
[B7]sugar's sweet and so's [E]maple surple
An [E]I'm the seventh out of [A]seven sons
my [B7]pappy was a pistol, I'm a son of a gun. I said

Chorus

[E]Dang me, [A]dang me
They [B7]ought to take and rope and [E]hang me
E A (hold)
High from the highest tree
Woman would you weep for me, beed-eeep eeep buh-doop boiong boing [E]boing

Outro

But boun but boun but [A]boun but boun duh-doo, [B7]Doun Dut Doun duh doo-doot
doo doo [E]doun
did, duh diddy-uh dat. dat. dat.
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