Carl Perkins – Boppin The Blues (Ukulele)
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Chords
Recorded at Sun Records in 1956.
CHORUS:
C Well, all my friends are boppin' the blues, C7 it must be goin' round. F All them cats are boppin' the blues, C it must be goin' round. G C G I love you, baby, I must be rhythm bound.
#1.
C Well, the doctor told me, Carl, you don't need no pills. F C Yeah, that doctor told me, boy, you don't need no pills. G C G Just a handful of nickels and a jukebox will cure your ills.
CHORUS:
C Well, all my friends are boppin' the blues, C7 it must be goin' round. F All them cats are boppin' the blues, C it must be goin' round. G C G I love you, baby, I must be rhythm bound.
#2.
C C7 Well, the old cat bug, bit me, man, I don't feel no pain. F C Yeah, that jitterbug caught me, man, I don't feel no pain. G C G I still love you baby, but I'll never be the same.
CHORUS:
C Well, all my friends are boppin' the blues, C7 it must be goin' round. F All them friends are boppin' the blues, C it must be goin' round. G C G I love you, baby, but I must be rhythm bound.
BREAK: (5th fr. C C7 C C7 C C7 F C G F C G)
CHORUS:
C Well, all my friends are boppin' the blues, C7 it must be goin' round. F All them cats are boppin' the blues, C it must be goin' round. G C G I love you, baby, but I must be rhythm bound.
#3.
C C7 Well, grandpa done got rhythm, and he threw his crutches down. F Oh, the old boy done got rhythm and blues and he threw C them crutches down. G C Grandma, he ain't triflin', well the old boy's rhythm bound.
CHORUS:
C Well, all my friends are boppin' the blues, C7 it must be goin' round. F All them cats are boppin' the blues, C it must be goin' round. G C G I love you, baby, but I must be rhythm bound.
OUTRO:
C C7 A rock bop, rhythm and blues...A rock bop, rhythm and blues. F C A rock rock, rhythm and blues...A rock rock, rhythm and blues. G F C Rhythm and blues, it must be goin' round.(Fade.)
A fifties smash from Kraziekhat.