The Prom

The Prom:Del Shannon 
Album - Runaway With Del Shannon - 
released on BIG TOP and LONDON Records 
in 1961. 
(I got the lyrics off the original recording. 
 When he did it live he changed the lyrics a 
 bit in the BRIDGE. I always go with the original.) 

Intro: Ab Db 

#1. 
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On my way to the senior prom, I saw a crowd  

all gathered round. 
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I stopped the car, got out to see just what 

it could be. 
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There lying near the crowd was a girl dressed 

in a gown. 
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I walked up so I could see just who it could be. 

#2. 
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Knelt down by her side..tears came into my eyes. 
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Did there lie the one I love..the one I'd always love. 
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Then she said, take this ring of mine, you are my 

love divine. 
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And as our lips met, I know, I can't forget..the way 
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my heart cried..the way it hurt inside. 
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She's gone so far away..my lonely heart must pay. 
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(She, she's gone..gone, she's gone.) 

Bridge:(Spoken:) 
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There lies the one I love..the one I'll always love. 
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If I had picked her up on time, her precious love 

would still be mine. 
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The love, the love she gave to me will always stay with me. 
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Til the day we meet, til the day you return to me. 

#3. 
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Then my heart begins to cry, it hurts so deep inside. 
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She's gone so far away..my lonely heart must pay. 

OUTRO: 
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(She, she's gone..gone, she's gone.) 

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(She, she's gone..gone, she's gone.)(Fade.) 


A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.