What Am I Gonna Do Chords

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What Am I Gonna Do by Jimmy Clanton is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of G. It uses the chords G, Ab, A, D, Bm, C, Em, Am7 and Eb. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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Intro: 
 G                   Ab 
(What am I gonna do..what am I gonna do.. 
 G                 A  D 
 I'm so lonely for you...) 

#1. 
G                           Bm        
What am I gonna do when the sun goes down 
    C       D          G 
and all the lights are low? 
G                       Bm           C 
What am I gonna do when I recall the love, 
   D       G 
we used to know. 

 
Em  Bm         C            D 
I remember the happiness we knew. 
G        Am7      G       C 
Darling, can't we make up soon, cause I  
G          D              G 
don't know what I'm gonna do. 

#2. 
G                     Bm 
What am I gonna do on Wednesday night when  
  C                D      G 
I used to call you on the phone? 
G                          Bm 
What am I gonna say at the record hop when  
C      D   G 
I show up alone? 

 
Em          Bm     C                D 
They'll all ask me what's become of you. 
G        Am7      G       C 
Darling, can't we make up soon, cause I  
G          D              G 
don't know what I'm gonna do. 

Bridge: 
Eb     G         Eb              G 
At the movies or at the football game, 
Eb       G         A               Am7 
please believe me, nothing's gonna be the  
D 
same. 

#3. 
G                            Bm 
Now, what am I gonna do on a Saturday night 
     C    D          G 
when everything goes wrong? 
G                             Bm    C 
What am I gonna feel when the radio plays  
    D        G 
our favorite song? 


Em     Bm      C             D 
I'm so lonely, just like Mr. Blue. 
G        Am7      G       C 
Darling, can't we make up soon, cause I  
G          D              G 
don't know what I'm gonna do. 

OUTRO: 
G                  D              G 
Cause I don't know what I'm gonna do. 
G                  D              G 
Cause I don't know what I'm gonna do. 
G                  D              G 
Cause I don't know what I'm gonna do..(Fade.)  
    	

Chord diagrams

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