Rufus Thomas, Barefootin' (1980)
Key: :[Eb] (w: Robert Parker, 1966)
VERSE 1:
[Eb7] Everybody get on your feet
You make me nervous when you in your seat
Take off your shoes and pat your feet
[Eb open] We're doin a dance that can't be beat
CHORUS:
We're bare-
[Ab7]-footin'; we're bare-
[Eb7]-footin'
We're bare-
[Bb7]-footin'
[Ab7], we're bare-
[Eb7]-footin'
VERSE 2:
[Eb7] Went to a party the other night
Long Tall Sally was out of sight
Threw way her wig, and her high sneakers too
[Eb open] She was doin a dance without any shoes
REPEAT CHORUS:
VERSE 3:
[Eb7] Hey little gal with the red dress on
I bet you can barefoot all night long
Take off your shoes and throw them away
[Eb open] Come back and get them another day
REPEAT CHORUS:
INSTRUMENTAL: [over VERSE]
VERSE 4:
[Eb7] Lil John Henry said to sister Sue
If I was barefootin' would you barefoot too
Sue told John, "I'm thirty two
[Eb open] I was barefootin ever since I was two
REPEAT CHORUS: [x2] 