Ricky Nelson – Boppin The Blues (Guitar)

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Album - Ricky - #1 on BB Hot 200 on IMPERIAL Records in 1957. CHORUS:
F                                                        
Well, all my friends are boppin' the blues, 

                 F7
it must be goin' round.

Bb                                           
All my friends are boppin' the blues and it 

F
must be goin' round.

C                                      F
I love you, baby, but I must be rhythm bound.
#2.
F                         Bb                      
Well, the doctor told me, boy, you don't need 

   F
no pills.

           Bb
Yeah, that doctor told me, son, you don't need 

   F
no pills.

       C                        Bb
Just a handful of nickels and a jukebox will cure 

     F
your ills.
CHORUS:
F                                                        
Well, all my friends are boppin' the blues, 

                 F7
it must be goin' round.

Bb                                           
All my friends are boppin' the blues and it 

F
must be goin' round.

C                                      F
I love you, baby, but I must be rhythm bound.
#3.
F                                     
Well, the cat bug bit me..man I don't feel 

   F7
no pain.

           Bb  
Yeah, that Jitterbug caught me, man, I don't 

        F
feel no pain.

  C                         Bb
I still love you, baby, but I'll never be the 

F     C
same, yeah.
(INTERLUDE:) F Bb F C F CHORUS:
F                                                        
Well, all my friends are boppin' the blues, 

                 F7
it must be goin' round.

Bb                                           
All my friends are boppin' the blues and it 

F
must be goin' round.

C                       Bb             F
I love you, baby, but I must be rhythm bound.     
OUTRO:
F
Well, rock, bop, rhythm and blues..rock, bop, 
rhythm and blues, baby.
Bb                           F
Rock, bop, rhythm and blues..rock, bop, 
rhythm and blues, baby.
C                    Bb            F
Rhythm and blues, it must be goin' round.
A fifties smash from Kraziekhat.