Intro: Drums
Chorus:
F N.CBb N.C
I'm thinkin' about my doorbell
Eb N.CF N.CEbF
When ya gonna ring it, when ya gonna ring it?
Bb N.C
Yeah, I'm thinkin' about my doorbell
Eb N.CF N.CFEbF
When ya gonna ring it, when ya gonna ring it?
Bb N.C
Yeah, I'm thinkin' about my doorbell
Eb N.CF N.CFEbF
When ya gonna ring it, when ya gonna ring it?
Bb N.CEb
Yeah, I been thinkin' about my doorbell
F N.CFEbF
Oh, well
Verse One:
FBb
Well women and children and kisses
EbFEbF
Not the men of my life I know.
Bb
And I've been going to mystery misses
EbFFEbF
I respect the art of the show.
Bb
Take back what you said little girl,
EbFFEbF
And while you're at it take yourself back too.
Bb
And I'm tired of sittin' here waiting
Eb (Eb, F) Notes
Wondering whatcha gonna do now, whatcha gonna do about it?
Chorus:
FBb
I'm thinkin' about my doorbell
EbFEbF
When ya gonna ring it, when ya gonna ring it?
Bb
Yeah, I'm thinkin' about my doorbell
EbEbFEbF
When ya gonna ring it, when ya gonna ring it oh
Bb
I'm thinkin' about my doorbell
EbFEbF
When ya gonna ring it, when ya gonna ring it
BbEb
Yeah, I been thinkin' about my doorbell
FEbCEbCBb
Oh, well
Bridge:
CEbF
You don't seem to come around
CEbFFEbCEbCBb
Push your finger and make a sound
CEbF
You don't seem to come around
CEbFFFEbC
Knock, knock till you knocked it down?
EbEbCBbCCBb Ab(x7)EbEbBb
(No Piano):
Make a sound and I'll make you feel right
Right at home, yeah FBbEbF
Yeah, right at home, yeah FBbEbFVerse 2:
You know you’ve got me waiting here, baby
How come it's so easy to you?
You know it's like me as the type to be calloused
But your words seem so obtuse.
But then again I know you feel guilty
And you tell me you want me again.
But I don't need any of your pity
I got plenty of my own friends.
They're all above me.
Chorus:
And I've been thinkin' about the doorbell
When they gonna ring it, when they gonna ring it?
Yeah, I've been thinkin' about the doorbell
When they gonna ring it, when they gonna ring it? Oh
I've been thinkin' about the doorbell
When they gonna ring it, when they gonna ring it?
Yeah, I been thinkin' about the doorbell
Oh, well.
Bridge:
They don't seem to come around.
Push the finger and make a sound.
They don't seem to come around.
Maybe dream they'll knock it down.
Oh, well
Make a sound and I'll make you feel right
Right at home FBbEbFEb
Right at home
Outro: (He starts switching to higher octaves)
FBb
I'm thinkin' about my doorbell
(Continues with this ‘till the end, fade out.)
Eb* F* Eb* F*
When ya gonna ring it, when ya gonna ring it?
I'm thinkin' about my doorbell
When ya gonna ring it, when ya gonna ring it?
Yeah, I'm thinkin' about my doorbell
When ya gonna ring it, when ya gonna ring it?
Yeah, I been thinkin' about my doorbell
When you're gonna ring it, when you're gonna ring it?
I'm thinkin' about my doorbell
When ya gonna ring it, when ya gonna ring it
Yeah, I'm thinkin' about my doorbell
Oh, oh well
This arrangement for the song is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the song. You may only use this for private study, scholarship, or research.