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.