Boppin' The Blues:Ricky Nelson.
Album - Ricky - #1 on BB Hot 200 on
IMPERIAL Records in 1957.
CHORUS:
[F]Well, all my friends are boppin' the blues,
it must be goin' [F7]round.
[Bb]All my friends are boppin' the blues and it
[F]must be goin' round.
[C]I love you, baby, but I must be rhythm [F]bound.
#2.
[F]Well, the doctor told me, [Bb]boy, you don't need
no [F]pills.
Yeah, that [Bb]doctor told me, son, you don't need
no [F]pills.
Just a [C]handful of nickels and a [Bb]jukebox will cure
your [F]ills.
CHORUS:
[F]Well, all my friends are boppin' the blues,
it must be goin' [F7]round.
[Bb]All my friends are boppin' the blues and it
[F]must be goin' round.
[C]I love you, baby, but I must be rhythm [F]bound.
#3.
[F]Well, the cat bug bit me..man I don't feel
no [F7]pain.
Yeah, that [Bb]Jitterbug caught me, man, I don't
feel no [F]pain.
I [C]still love you, baby, but [Bb]I'll never be the
[F]same, [C]yeah.
(INTERLUDE:) F Bb F C F
CHORUS:
[F]Well, all my friends are boppin' the blues,
it must be goin' [F7]round.
[Bb]All my friends are boppin' the blues and it
[F]must be goin' round.
[C]I love you, baby, but I [Bb]must be rhythm [F]bound.
OUTRO:
[F]Well, rock, bop, rhythm and blues..rock, bop,
rhythm and blues, baby.
[Bb]Rock, bop, rhythm and blues..[F]rock, bop,
rhythm and blues, baby.
[C]Rhythm and blues, it [Bb]must be goin' [F]round.
A fifties smash from Kraziekhat.
Album - Ricky - #1 on BB Hot 200 on
IMPERIAL Records in 1957.
CHORUS:
[F]Well, all my friends are boppin' the blues,
it must be goin' [F7]round.
[Bb]All my friends are boppin' the blues and it
[F]must be goin' round.
[C]I love you, baby, but I must be rhythm [F]bound.
#2.
[F]Well, the doctor told me, [Bb]boy, you don't need
no [F]pills.
Yeah, that [Bb]doctor told me, son, you don't need
no [F]pills.
Just a [C]handful of nickels and a [Bb]jukebox will cure
your [F]ills.
CHORUS:
[F]Well, all my friends are boppin' the blues,
it must be goin' [F7]round.
[Bb]All my friends are boppin' the blues and it
[F]must be goin' round.
[C]I love you, baby, but I must be rhythm [F]bound.
#3.
[F]Well, the cat bug bit me..man I don't feel
no [F7]pain.
Yeah, that [Bb]Jitterbug caught me, man, I don't
feel no [F]pain.
I [C]still love you, baby, but [Bb]I'll never be the
[F]same, [C]yeah.
(INTERLUDE:) F Bb F C F
CHORUS:
[F]Well, all my friends are boppin' the blues,
it must be goin' [F7]round.
[Bb]All my friends are boppin' the blues and it
[F]must be goin' round.
[C]I love you, baby, but I [Bb]must be rhythm [F]bound.
OUTRO:
[F]Well, rock, bop, rhythm and blues..rock, bop,
rhythm and blues, baby.
[Bb]Rock, bop, rhythm and blues..[F]rock, bop,
rhythm and blues, baby.
[C]Rhythm and blues, it [Bb]must be goin' [F]round.
A fifties smash from Kraziekhat.