Wham Bam

Buck Owens

RockMedium for beginners5 chords

How to play it

Fingering diagrams for the shapes in this song. × = don't play, ○ = open string.

Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

 
                       G                         C             G 
Chorus - Wham Bam thank you ma'am , I'll be on my way. Thank 
                        A7     D   G              G7 
you but, no thank you...not today. First thing is matrimony 
C                      G                             D 
next thing is alimony, Wham Bam thank you ma'am I'll be on 
   G 
my way.  
 
   G                          C          G 
1) I'm just too young to get married you see. There's too 
                 A7         D             G     
many places that I'd rather be. There's alot of other fishes 
        C        G 
in the deep blue sea...so Wham Bam thank you ma'am that's 
D       G 
not for me. 
 
repeat chorus 
   G                          C     G 
2) I'm not the kind of guy to buy a ring, I'm afraid of  
                  A7        D      G 
wedding bells and rice and things, I'm just a restless I'll 
C            G                                       D 
never settle down.. So Wham Bam thank you ma'am I'll see 
       G 
you around. 
 
repeat chorus

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Chord set

G · C · A7 · D · G7

Practice tip

Loop the first two chords slowly until the change is clean, then add the rest.