BILL HALEY: FLIP FLOP AND FLY Chords
Tempo:
83 bpm
Chords used:
Bb
F
Eb
Gm
G
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
Well, when I get the blues, Lord, it [Fm] gets me a [Bb] rocking chair.
Oh, when I [F] get the blues, Lord, it gets [Gm] me a rocking chair.
[Bb]
Here's the blues of the day, we're gonna ride right away from here.
Now, when I [Gm] get lonesome, I jump [Bb] on the telephone.
Yeah, [F] when I get lonesome, I jump on the telephone.
Well, they call my [Eb] baby, tell them I'm on my [Bbm] way back home.
[Bb] I'm gonna flip, flop and fly.
Lord, I don't care if I [Gm] die.
I'm gonna flip, flop and fly.
Yes, I don't care if I die.
[F] Lord, don't ever [Eb] leave me, don't ever [Bb] say goodbye.
[F] [Bb] [Fm]
[F] [Bb] [F]
[Eb] [Bb] Oh, come my baby, flashing a new gold tooth.
Yeah, here come [G] my mama, flashing a new [Bb] gold tooth.
[F] Oh, Lord, she is so small, [Eb] she can mumble in a paper [Bb] old booth.
I like a Mississippi bullfrog sleeping on a hollow stump.
Yeah, I like a [G] Mississippi bulldog sleeping on a [Bb] hollow stump.
Yeah, [F] I got my soul man and [Eb] women, I don't know which [Bb] way to jump.
[G]
Flop and [Bb] fly.
Lord, I [Eb] don't care if I die.
I'm gonna flip, [Bb] flop and fly.
Yes, I don't care if I die.
[F] Oh, Lord, don't ever [Cm] leave me, don't ever [Bb] say goodbye.
Oh, my.
[Db] Yeah, [Bb] well, flip, flop, [F] fly.
[Bbm] [F]
[Eb] [Bb] Oh, [Dm] Lord, it feels so lovely, feels so [Bb] doggone fine.
Yeah, Lord, it feels [G] so lovely, feels [Bb] so doggone fine.
[F] Yeah, well, that's my pretty baby, dearly feeling [Bb] hits my head like wine.
Yeah, I'm gonna flip, flop and fly.
I don't care if I die.
I'm gonna flip, flop and fly.
Yes, I don't care if I die.
[Fm] Oh, Lord, don't ever leave me, [Cm] don't ever say [Bb] goodbye.
[Gm] Oh, my.
Yeah, [Bb] flip, [Eb] flop and fly.
[A] Oh, [Bb] my.
Yeah.
[Dm] Come on, flip.
[F] [Bb] Oh, [Eb] my.
Yeah, [Bb] yeah, yeah.
Oh, flip, flop, [Gm] flop, flop, flop, flop, flop, flop, flop.
[N]
Oh, when I [F] get the blues, Lord, it gets [Gm] me a rocking chair.
[Bb]
Here's the blues of the day, we're gonna ride right away from here.
Now, when I [Gm] get lonesome, I jump [Bb] on the telephone.
Yeah, [F] when I get lonesome, I jump on the telephone.
Well, they call my [Eb] baby, tell them I'm on my [Bbm] way back home.
[Bb] I'm gonna flip, flop and fly.
Lord, I don't care if I [Gm] die.
I'm gonna flip, flop and fly.
Yes, I don't care if I die.
[F] Lord, don't ever [Eb] leave me, don't ever [Bb] say goodbye.
[F] [Bb] [Fm]
[F] [Bb] [F]
[Eb] [Bb] Oh, come my baby, flashing a new gold tooth.
Yeah, here come [G] my mama, flashing a new [Bb] gold tooth.
[F] Oh, Lord, she is so small, [Eb] she can mumble in a paper [Bb] old booth.
I like a Mississippi bullfrog sleeping on a hollow stump.
Yeah, I like a [G] Mississippi bulldog sleeping on a [Bb] hollow stump.
Yeah, [F] I got my soul man and [Eb] women, I don't know which [Bb] way to jump.
[G]
Flop and [Bb] fly.
Lord, I [Eb] don't care if I die.
I'm gonna flip, [Bb] flop and fly.
Yes, I don't care if I die.
[F] Oh, Lord, don't ever [Cm] leave me, don't ever [Bb] say goodbye.
Oh, my.
[Db] Yeah, [Bb] well, flip, flop, [F] fly.
[Bbm] [F]
[Eb] [Bb] Oh, [Dm] Lord, it feels so lovely, feels so [Bb] doggone fine.
Yeah, Lord, it feels [G] so lovely, feels [Bb] so doggone fine.
[F] Yeah, well, that's my pretty baby, dearly feeling [Bb] hits my head like wine.
Yeah, I'm gonna flip, flop and fly.
I don't care if I die.
I'm gonna flip, flop and fly.
Yes, I don't care if I die.
[Fm] Oh, Lord, don't ever leave me, [Cm] don't ever say [Bb] goodbye.
[Gm] Oh, my.
Yeah, [Bb] flip, [Eb] flop and fly.
[A] Oh, [Bb] my.
Yeah.
[Dm] Come on, flip.
[F] [Bb] Oh, [Eb] my.
Yeah, [Bb] yeah, yeah.
Oh, flip, flop, [Gm] flop, flop, flop, flop, flop, flop, flop.
[N]
Key:
Bb
F
Eb
Gm
G
Bb
F
Eb
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
Well, when I get the blues, Lord, it [Fm] gets me a [Bb] rocking chair. _ _
Oh, when I [F] get the blues, Lord, it gets [Gm] me a rocking chair.
_ [Bb] _
Here's the blues of the day, we're gonna ride right away from here. _ _
Now, when I [Gm] get lonesome, I jump [Bb] on the telephone.
_ Yeah, [F] when I get lonesome, I jump on the telephone.
_ Well, they call my [Eb] baby, tell them I'm on my [Bbm] way back home.
_ [Bb] I'm gonna flip, flop and fly.
Lord, I don't care if I [Gm] die.
I'm gonna flip, flop and fly.
Yes, I don't care if I die.
[F] Lord, don't ever [Eb] leave me, don't ever [Bb] say goodbye. _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ [Bb] _ [Fm] _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ [Eb] _ _ [Bb] _ _ Oh, come my baby, flashing a new gold tooth.
Yeah, here come [G] my mama, flashing a new [Bb] gold tooth.
_ [F] Oh, Lord, she is so small, [Eb] she can mumble in a paper [Bb] old booth.
_ I like a Mississippi bullfrog sleeping on a hollow stump.
_ Yeah, I like a [G] Mississippi bulldog sleeping on a [Bb] hollow stump.
_ Yeah, [F] I got my soul man and [Eb] women, I don't know which [Bb] way to jump.
_ [G] _ _ _
Flop and [Bb] fly.
Lord, I [Eb] don't care if I die.
I'm gonna flip, [Bb] flop and fly.
Yes, I don't care if I die.
[F] Oh, Lord, don't ever [Cm] leave me, don't ever [Bb] say goodbye.
Oh, my. _
[Db] Yeah, _ _ [Bb] _ _ well, flip, flop, [F] fly.
_ _ _ _ [Bbm] _ _ [F] _
_ [Eb] _ _ [Bb] _ _ Oh, [Dm] Lord, it feels so lovely, feels so [Bb] doggone fine.
Yeah, Lord, it feels [G] so lovely, feels [Bb] so doggone fine.
_ [F] Yeah, well, that's my pretty baby, dearly feeling [Bb] hits my head like wine.
Yeah, I'm gonna flip, flop and fly.
I don't care if I die.
I'm gonna flip, flop and fly.
Yes, I don't care if I die.
[Fm] Oh, Lord, don't ever leave me, [Cm] don't ever say [Bb] goodbye.
[Gm] Oh, my.
Yeah, _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ flip, [Eb] flop and fly.
_ [A] Oh, [Bb] my.
Yeah.
[Dm] Come on, flip.
[F] _ [Bb] Oh, [Eb] my.
Yeah, [Bb] yeah, yeah.
Oh, flip, flop, [Gm] flop, flop, flop, flop, flop, flop, flop.
_ [N] _ _
Well, when I get the blues, Lord, it [Fm] gets me a [Bb] rocking chair. _ _
Oh, when I [F] get the blues, Lord, it gets [Gm] me a rocking chair.
_ [Bb] _
Here's the blues of the day, we're gonna ride right away from here. _ _
Now, when I [Gm] get lonesome, I jump [Bb] on the telephone.
_ Yeah, [F] when I get lonesome, I jump on the telephone.
_ Well, they call my [Eb] baby, tell them I'm on my [Bbm] way back home.
_ [Bb] I'm gonna flip, flop and fly.
Lord, I don't care if I [Gm] die.
I'm gonna flip, flop and fly.
Yes, I don't care if I die.
[F] Lord, don't ever [Eb] leave me, don't ever [Bb] say goodbye. _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ [Bb] _ [Fm] _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ [Eb] _ _ [Bb] _ _ Oh, come my baby, flashing a new gold tooth.
Yeah, here come [G] my mama, flashing a new [Bb] gold tooth.
_ [F] Oh, Lord, she is so small, [Eb] she can mumble in a paper [Bb] old booth.
_ I like a Mississippi bullfrog sleeping on a hollow stump.
_ Yeah, I like a [G] Mississippi bulldog sleeping on a [Bb] hollow stump.
_ Yeah, [F] I got my soul man and [Eb] women, I don't know which [Bb] way to jump.
_ [G] _ _ _
Flop and [Bb] fly.
Lord, I [Eb] don't care if I die.
I'm gonna flip, [Bb] flop and fly.
Yes, I don't care if I die.
[F] Oh, Lord, don't ever [Cm] leave me, don't ever [Bb] say goodbye.
Oh, my. _
[Db] Yeah, _ _ [Bb] _ _ well, flip, flop, [F] fly.
_ _ _ _ [Bbm] _ _ [F] _
_ [Eb] _ _ [Bb] _ _ Oh, [Dm] Lord, it feels so lovely, feels so [Bb] doggone fine.
Yeah, Lord, it feels [G] so lovely, feels [Bb] so doggone fine.
_ [F] Yeah, well, that's my pretty baby, dearly feeling [Bb] hits my head like wine.
Yeah, I'm gonna flip, flop and fly.
I don't care if I die.
I'm gonna flip, flop and fly.
Yes, I don't care if I die.
[Fm] Oh, Lord, don't ever leave me, [Cm] don't ever say [Bb] goodbye.
[Gm] Oh, my.
Yeah, _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ flip, [Eb] flop and fly.
_ [A] Oh, [Bb] my.
Yeah.
[Dm] Come on, flip.
[F] _ [Bb] Oh, [Eb] my.
Yeah, [Bb] yeah, yeah.
Oh, flip, flop, [Gm] flop, flop, flop, flop, flop, flop, flop.
_ [N] _ _