{title: Leader of the pack}
{artist: Shangri-Las}
{time: 4/4}
{tempo: 128}
{key: C}
{duration: 3:05}
{meta: author FWieP, 2026-06-13}
{meta: url https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Ge8_6rtQvs}
{comment: 4/4, 4 = 128}
[C]
{start_of_part: Intro}
[C] Is she really going out with him? Well, there she is. Let's ask her.
Betty, is that Jimmy's ring you're wearing? Mhm-mm.
[C] Gee, it must be great riding with him.
Is he picking you up after [Bb]school today? [G] Mmm-mmm.
By the way, where'd you meet him?
{end_of_part}
{start_of_verse: Verse 1}
[F] I met him at the candy store
He [Em]turned around and smiled at me, you get the picture? (yes, we see)
[G] That's when I fell for the leader of the [C]pack
(motor)
{end_of_verse}
{start_of_verse: Verse 2}
[C] My folks were always putting him down (down, down)
[C] They said he came from the wrong side of [Bb]town
(What you mean, when you say that he came from the [G]wrong side of town?)
[F] They told me he was bad
[Em] But I knew he was sad
[G] That's why I fell for the leader of the [C]pack
(motor)
{end_of_verse}
{start_of_verse: Verse 3}
[C] One day my dad said, "Find someone new"
[C] I had to tell my Jimmy, "We're [Bb]through"
(What you mean when you say, that you better go [G]find somebody new?)
[F] He stood there and asked me why
[Em] But all I could do was cry
[G] I'm sorry I hurt you, the leader of the [C]pack
(motor)
{end_of_verse}
{start_of_abc}
X:1
M:4/4
L:1/8
K:Am
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{end_of_abc}
{start_of_bridge: Bridge}
[Am] He sort of smiled and kissed me goodbye
[Am] The tears were beginning to show
[Am] As he drove away on that rainy night, I begged him to go slow
[Am] Whether he heard, I'll never know
[NC]No, no, no, no, no, no, no
[NC] Look out, look out, look out, look out!
[C#]
{end_of_bridge}
{key: C#}
{start_of_verse: Verse 3}
[C#] I felt so helpless, what could I do?
[C#] Remembering all the things we've been [B]through [G#]
[F#] In school they all stop and stare
I [Fm]can't hide my tears, but I don't care
[G#] I'll never forget him, the leader of the [C#]pack
{end_of_verse}
{start_of_part: Outro, fade}
[NC] (motor)
[C#]Ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh
[C#]Gone, gone, gone, gone, gone, gone, gone
(Leader of the pack, and now he's gone)
(Leader of the pack, and now he's gone)
[C#]Gone, gone, gone, gone, gone, gone, gone
(Leader of the pack, and now he's gone)
(Leader of the pack, and now he's gone)
{end_of_part}