Carl Perkins, Boppin' the Blues (1956)
^{Key: :[A] (w: Carl Perkins, Howard "Curley" Griffin) (BPM: 176)}

CHORUS:
Well, [A] all my friends are boppin' the blues, it must be goin' round.
[D] All them cats are boppin' the blues, it [A] must be goin' round.
[E] I love you, baby, but I must be rhythm [A] bound.

VERSE 1:
[A] Well, the doctor told me, Carl, you don't need no pills.
Yeah, that [D] doctor told me, boy, you don't need no [A] pills.
Just a [E] handful of nickels and a jukebox will cure your [A] ills.

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VERSE 2:
[A] Well, the old cat bug, bit me, man, I don't feel no pain.
Yeah, that [D] jitterbug caught me, man, I don't feel no [A] pain.
I [E] still love you baby, but I'll never be the [A] same.

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VERSE 3:
[A] Well, grandpa done got rhythm, and he threw his crutches down.
Oh, the [D] old boy done got rhythm and blues and he [A] threw them crutches down.
[E] Grandma, he ain't triflin', well the old boy's rhythm [A] bound.

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OUTRO:
A [A] rock bop, rhythm and blues; A rock bop, rhythm and blues.
A [D] rock rock, rhythm and blues; A [A] rock rock, rhythm and blues.
[E] Rhythm and blues, it must be goin' [A] round.