Louis Jordan, Choo Choo Ch'Boogie (1946)
Key: :[F#] (w: Denver Darling, Vaughn Horton, Milt Gabler)
VERSE 1:
[F#7] Heading for the station with a pack on my back
Tired of transportation in the back of a hack
I
[B7] love to hear the rhythm of the clickety clack
And
[F#7] hear the lonesome whistle, see the smoke from the stack
[C#7] Pal around with Democratic fellows named Mack
So,
[F#7] Take me right back to the track, Jack
CHORUS:
[B7] Choo choo, choo choo ch' boogie
[F#7] Woo woo, woo woo ch' boogie
[B7] Choo choo, choo choo ch' boogie
[C#7] Take me right back to the
[F#7] track, Jack
INSTRUMENTAL: [over VERSE]
VERSE 2:
[F#7] You reach your destination, but alas & alack
You need some compensation to get back in the black
You
[B7] take the morning paper from the top of the stack
And
[F#7] read the situation from the front to the back
The
[C#7] only job that's open needs a man with a knack
[F#7] So put it right back in the rack, jack
REPEAT CHORUS:
INSTRUMENTAL: [over VERSE]
VERSE 3:
[F#7] Well I'm gonna settle down by the railroad track
And lead the life of Riley in a beaten down shack
And
[B7] when I hear the whistle I can peep through the crack
And
[F#7] see the train a' rollin' while she's ballin' the jack
[C#7] I just love the rhtyhm of the clickety clack
So
[F#7] take me right back to the track
REPEAT CHORUS:
INSTRUMENTAL: [over VERSE]
OUTRO:
[F#7] Take me right back to the track, jack
[F#7 open] 