Boppin' The Blues:Carl Perkins.
Recorded at Sun Records in 1956.

CHORUS:
AWell, (x02220@1)all my friends are boppin' the blues,
                 A7it (x02020@1)must be goin' round.
DAll (xx0232@1)them cats are boppin' the blues, 
   Ait (x02220@1)must be goin' round.
E (022100@1)                                    A (x02220@1)  EI (022100@1)love you, baby, I must be rhythm bound.

#1.
AWell, (x02220@1)the doctor told me, Carl, you don't need no pills.
           D (xx0232@1)                                    AYeah, (x02220@1)that doctor told me, boy, you don't need no pills.
       E (022100@1)                                             A (x02220@1) EJust (022100@1)a handful of nickels and a jukebox will cure your ills.

CHORUS:
AWell, (x02220@1)all my friends are boppin' the blues,
                 A7it (x02020@1)must be goin' round.
DAll (xx0232@1)them cats are boppin' the blues, 
   Ait (x02220@1)must be goin' round.
E (022100@1)                                    A (x02220@1)  EI (022100@1)love you, baby, I must be rhythm bound.

#2.
A (x02220@1)                                                 A7Well, (x02020@1)the old cat bug, bit me, man, I don't feel no pain.
           D (xx0232@1)                                       AYeah, (x02220@1)that jitterbug caught me, man, I don't feel no pain.
  E (022100@1)                                        A (x02220@1)  EI (022100@1)still love you baby, but I'll never be the same.

CHORUS:
AWell, (x02220@1)all my friends are boppin' the blues,
                 A7it (x02020@1)must be goin' round.
DAll (xx0232@1)them friends are boppin' the blues, 
   Ait (x02220@1)must be goin' round.
E (022100@1)                                    A (x02220@1)  EI (022100@1)love you, baby, but I must be rhythm bound.

BREAK: (5th fr. A A7 A A7 A A7  D A E D A E)

CHORUS:
AWell, (x02220@1)all my friends are boppin' the blues,
                 A7it (x02020@1)must be goin' round.
DAll (xx0232@1)them cats are boppin' the blues, 
   Ait (x02220@1)must be goin' round.
E (022100@1)                                    A (x02220@1)  EI (022100@1)love you, baby, but I must be rhythm bound.

#3.
A (x02220@1)                                                      A7Well, (x02020@1)grandpa done got rhythm, and he threw his crutches down.
        DOh, (xx0232@1)the old boy done got rhythm and blues and he threw 
Athem (x02220@1)crutches down.
E (022100@1)                                                   AGrandma, (x02220@1)he ain't triflin', well the old boy's rhythm bound.

CHORUS:
AWell, (x02220@1)all my friends are boppin' the blues,
                 A7it (x02020@1)must be goin' round.
DAll (xx0232@1)them cats are boppin' the blues, 
   Ait (x02220@1)must be goin' round.
E (022100@1)                                    A (x02220@1)  EI (022100@1)love you, baby, but I must be rhythm bound.

OUTRO:
  A (x02220@1)                            A7A (x02020@1)rock bop, rhythm and blues...A rock bop, rhythm and blues.
  D (xx0232@1)                             AA (x02220@1)rock rock, rhythm and blues...A rock rock, rhythm and blues.
E (022100@1)                  D (xx0232@1)           ARhythm (x02220@1)and blues, it must be goin' round.(Fade.)


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