Wham Bam Chords

KeyG CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays468

Wham Bam by Buck Owens is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of G. It uses the chords G, C, A7, D and G7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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  			         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
    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
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Metronome

100 BPM Andante