Pony Time chords
Chubby CheckerSong Key: Eb Major
Time Signature: 4/4
Tempo: 160 bpm
Guitar Tuning: Standard (E A D G B e)
Skill Level: Beginner 🟢
Capo: 1st fret (Play using Key of D shapes)
Chords in D Major: D, G A7
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Pony Time
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D
Intro: 4/4 (Boogety, boogety, boogety, boogety shoo)
D
1. Hey now, ev-'ry-bo-dy (Boogety, boogety, boogety, boogety shoo)
In the un-ion hall (Boogety, boogety, boogety, boogety shoo)
G
It's Po-ny time (Boogety, boogety, boogety, boogety shoo)
D
When you hear this call (Boogety, boogety, boogety, boogety shoo)
A7
Refrain: So, get with it, hoo
G
(Don't quit it), Get up
D
(Boogety, boogety, boogety, boogety shoo)
D
2. Do the Po-ny with your part-ner (Boogety, boogety, boogety, boogety shoo)
Or in a big boss line (Boogety, boogety, boogety, boogety shoo)
G
Well, any way you do it (Boogety, boogety, boogety, boogety shoo)
D
You're gon-na look real fine (Boogety, boogety, boogety, boogety shoo)
A7
Refrain: So, get with it, hoo
G
(Don't quit it), Get up
D
(Boogety, boogety, boogety, boogety shoo)
D
Chorus: Now, you turn to the left when I say, "Gee"
You turn to the right when I say, "Haw"
Now, "Gee", dance, dance, lit-tle baby
Now, "Haw", yeah
G
Oh, ba-by (Oh, baby), oh, ba-by (oh, baby)
D
Pony ba-by (Oh, baby), do it ba-by (oh, baby)
A7 G
Oh ba by (Oh, baby), oh ba-by (oh, baby)
D
(Boogety, boogety, boogety, boogety shoo)
D
3. Go and see lit-tle Su-zie (Boogety, boogety, boogety, boogety shoo)
Who lives next door (Boogety, boogety, boogety, boogety shoo)
G
She's do-in' the Po-ny (Boogety, boogety, boogety, boogety shoo)
D
She's tak-in' the floor (Boogety, boogety, boogety, boogety shoo)
A7
Refrain: Ee-ah, so get with it, hoo
G
(Don't quit it), Get up
D D
(Boogety, boogety, boogety, boogety shoo)
D G D
Instr: | | | | | | | | |
A7 G D D
| | | | (Do the Po-ny with your) |
D
2. Do the Po-ny with your part-ner (Boogety, boogety, boogety, boogety shoo)
Or in a big boss line (Boogety, boogety, boogety, boogety shoo)
G
But a-ny way you do it (Boogety, boogety, boogety, boogety shoo)
D
You're gon-na look real fine (Boogety, boogety, boogety, boogety shoo)
A7
CH: So get with it, hoo
G
(Don't quit it), Uh, get up
D
(Boogety, boogety, boogety, boogety shoo)
D
Chorus: Ee-ah, you turn to the left when I say, "Gee"
You turn to the right when I say, "Haw"
Now, "Gee", dance, dance, little baby
Now, "Haw", yeah
G
Oh, ba-by (Oh, baby), oh, ba-by (oh, baby)
D
Pony ba-by (Oh, baby), do it ba-by (oh, baby)
A7 G
Oh ba by (Oh, baby), oh ba-by (oh, baby)
D
(Boogety, boogety, boogety, boogety shoo)...
Arrangement Details:
- Key Signature: Eb Major – 3 flats (Bb, Eb, Ab)
- Piano Chords Set in Eb Major: Eb, Ab, Bb7
- Time Signature: 4/4 — Four quarter-note beats per measure
- Tempo: Moderately fast
- Metronome: ♩ = 160
- Voice Range: C4 – Bb4
- Guitar Chord Types in This Arrangement:
- Major: D, G
- Dominant 7th: A7
Song Details:
- Songwriters: Don Covay, John Berry
- Lyrics Begin: Hey now, ev'rybody in the Union Hall, it's Pony Time.
- Genre: R&B
- Featured Artist: Chubby Checker - American singer and dancer
- Single:
Recorded: 1960
Released: January 1961
B-side: Oh Susannah - Album: It's Pony Time
Released: 1961
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