Roy Orbison – The Bug (Guitar)

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The Bug:Roy Orbison. Monument Records in 1959. DNC. INTRO: D C (x2) #1.
      D                     C
Well, down through the ages women had a time..

D                        C
tryin' to get her man to walk the chalk line.

   D                           C
To keep him on a string with a kiss and a hug..

    D                                   D7
but there's never been a man who wasn't bitten
by the bug. CHORUS:
      G                                 D
Yeah, rockin' and rollin' with the bug..rollin'
and strollin' with the bug.
A                      G
Itchin' and twitchin'..singin' and swingin'..

D
yeah, with the bug.
#2.
D                                 C
Well, Delilah loved Sammy, but he wouldn't stay home..

       D           C
always runnin' and leavin' Dee home.

    D                     C
She set out to find Sammy late one night..

          D                      D7
found him down at the sand dune, rockin' it right.
CHORUS:
       G                                 D
He was rockin' and rollin' with the bug..rollin' and
strollin' with the bug.
A                      G
Itchin' and twitchin'..singin' and swingin'..

D
yeah, with the bug.
#3.
D                           C
Well, Helen of Troy, a cool smile on her face..

    D                     C
she sported the face that launched a thousand ships.

        D                    C
But she couldn't control the wiggle in her hips..

    D                          D7
she lost her fame and fortune, just one flip.
CHORUS:
      G                                 D
Yeah, rockin' and rollin' with the bug..rollin'
and strollin' with the bug.
A                      G
Itchin' and twitchin'..singin' and swingin'..

D
yeah, with the bug.
(INTERLUDE:) D C (x2) #4.
D                             C
Well, now, Josephine, she had trouble from the start..

    D                               C
she couldn't keep her eye on little Bonaparte.

      D                      C
Every single time that Josie looked around..

    D                        D7
she found her Bonny runnin', round and round.
CHORUS:
       G                                 D
He was rockin' and rollin' with the bug..rollin' and
strollin' with the bug.
A                      G
Itchin' and twitchin'..singin' and swingin'..

D
yeah, with the bug.
#5.
D                                C
Well, now, modern times' are the same as history..

D                     C
even in the Twentieth Cent..ur..y.

        D                      C
And our future now, well, it's plain to see..

      D                            D7
if we don't look out, the bug will get you and me.
CHORUS:
         G                                 D
We'll be rockin' and rollin' with the bug..rollin' and
strollin' with the bug.
A                      G
Itchin' and twitchin'..movin' and a-groovin'..

D
yeah, with the bug.
OUTRO:
D
With the bug..with the bug..(x3)(Fade.)
A fifties smash from Kraziekhat.