Born To Boogie - Live Chords
Tempo:
94.8 bpm
Chords used:
E
A
B
D
Em
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[E]
Well, my mama met my daddy down there,
and they tied the knot, so here I [A] am.
Born on the bayou on the Texas [E] line,
loved in Louisiana, and raised on [D] Jambalaya.
[A]
[E] By the time I could walk, I had a guitar in my hand.
By the time I could talk, I had my own [G] band.
[A] Went on the road when I was eight years [E] old.
Turned 15, I was stealing [A] the show.
[B] Money to burn, and the women [Em] were pretty.
It didn't take me long to learn that I was born to boogie.
[Bm] [C#m] [E]
When I was 18, [C#] I went to Hollywood.
I met Elvis [E] and Marilyn and Johnny B.
Goode.
Got my guitar painted, [A] [E] California [E] sun,
a red Cadillac, having [C#m] too much [D] fun.
[A] [E]
Now we was playing in the halls and [B] jamming them,
and we moved it on over to MGM.
This is little boy we've been telling you [E] about.
He lit a cigar and he stuck his [D] hand out.
[A] [F#]
He said, son, have we got a deal for you.
We're gonna make you a star and pay you good [B] too.
Told him my mama didn't raise no fool.
[F#] I'll take your money.
[B] I'll make you a movie.
[C#] I can tell you right now, [E] I was trained to boogie.
[A]
[C#]
[G#m] [A] [G] [A] [E]
Yeah, my name is Bo Severs.
I drank a whiskey by the gallon.
Never backed down, and I love a good challenge.
[C] What I [E] do now is what I did then.
I like to get down with all my rowdy [D] friends.
[A] [E]
I can be sweet, and I can be mean, and I wear my hat,
[G] and I wear blue [Am] jeans, my [A] shades are chrome, my [E] guitar steel.
If you think I won't, believe me, I [B] will.
Get down on you, baby, because I ain't no rookie.
I [E] was put here [A#] to party, and [Em]
[B] [A] [E] [A] [C] [E]
[Em] I'm a rookie.
[C] [Em] [E] [F#] [A] [B] [A]
[G#] [E]
[N]
Well, my mama met my daddy down there,
and they tied the knot, so here I [A] am.
Born on the bayou on the Texas [E] line,
loved in Louisiana, and raised on [D] Jambalaya.
[A]
[E] By the time I could walk, I had a guitar in my hand.
By the time I could talk, I had my own [G] band.
[A] Went on the road when I was eight years [E] old.
Turned 15, I was stealing [A] the show.
[B] Money to burn, and the women [Em] were pretty.
It didn't take me long to learn that I was born to boogie.
[Bm] [C#m] [E]
When I was 18, [C#] I went to Hollywood.
I met Elvis [E] and Marilyn and Johnny B.
Goode.
Got my guitar painted, [A] [E] California [E] sun,
a red Cadillac, having [C#m] too much [D] fun.
[A] [E]
Now we was playing in the halls and [B] jamming them,
and we moved it on over to MGM.
This is little boy we've been telling you [E] about.
He lit a cigar and he stuck his [D] hand out.
[A] [F#]
He said, son, have we got a deal for you.
We're gonna make you a star and pay you good [B] too.
Told him my mama didn't raise no fool.
[F#] I'll take your money.
[B] I'll make you a movie.
[C#] I can tell you right now, [E] I was trained to boogie.
[A]
[C#]
[G#m] [A] [G] [A] [E]
Yeah, my name is Bo Severs.
I drank a whiskey by the gallon.
Never backed down, and I love a good challenge.
[C] What I [E] do now is what I did then.
I like to get down with all my rowdy [D] friends.
[A] [E]
I can be sweet, and I can be mean, and I wear my hat,
[G] and I wear blue [Am] jeans, my [A] shades are chrome, my [E] guitar steel.
If you think I won't, believe me, I [B] will.
Get down on you, baby, because I ain't no rookie.
I [E] was put here [A#] to party, and [Em]
[B] [A] [E] [A] [C] [E]
[Em] I'm a rookie.
[C] [Em] [E] [F#] [A] [B] [A]
[G#] [E]
[N]
Key:
E
A
B
D
Em
E
A
B
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Well, my mama met my daddy down there,
and they tied the knot, so here I [A] am.
Born on the bayou on the Texas [E] line,
loved in Louisiana, and raised on [D] Jambalaya.
_ [A] _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ By the time I could walk, I had a guitar in my hand.
By the time I could talk, I had my own [G] band.
[A] Went on the road when I was eight years [E] old.
Turned 15, I was stealing [A] the show.
[B] Money to burn, and the women [Em] were pretty.
It didn't take me long to learn that I was born to boogie.
[Bm] _ [C#m] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
When I was 18, [C#] I went to Hollywood.
I met Elvis [E] and Marilyn and Johnny B.
Goode.
Got my guitar painted, [A] [E] California [E] sun,
a red Cadillac, having [C#m] too much [D] fun.
_ _ [A] _ _ [E] _ _
Now we was playing in the halls and [B] jamming them,
and we moved it on over to MGM.
This is little boy we've been telling you [E] about.
He lit a cigar and he stuck his [D] hand out.
_ _ [A] _ _ [F#] _ _
_ He said, son, have we got a deal for you.
We're gonna make you a star and pay you good [B] too.
Told him my mama didn't raise no fool.
[F#] I'll take your money.
[B] I'll make you a movie.
[C#] I can tell you right now, [E] I was trained to boogie. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ [C#] _ _ _ _
[G#m] _ [A] _ [G] _ [A] _ [E] _ _ _
Yeah, my name is Bo Severs.
I drank a whiskey by the gallon.
Never backed down, and I love a good challenge.
[C] What I [E] do now is what I did then.
I like to get down with all my rowdy [D] friends.
_ [A] _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ I can be sweet, and I can be mean, and I wear my hat,
[G] and I wear blue [Am] jeans, my [A] shades are chrome, my [E] guitar steel.
If you think I won't, believe me, I [B] will.
Get down on you, baby, because I ain't no rookie.
I [E] was put here [A#] to party, and _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [B] _ [A] _ [E] _ [A] _ [C] _ [E] _
_ _ [Em] I'm a rookie.
_ _ [C] _ [Em] _ _ [E] _ _ _ [F#] _ [A] _ [B] _ [A] _
[G#] _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [N] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Well, my mama met my daddy down there,
and they tied the knot, so here I [A] am.
Born on the bayou on the Texas [E] line,
loved in Louisiana, and raised on [D] Jambalaya.
_ [A] _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ By the time I could walk, I had a guitar in my hand.
By the time I could talk, I had my own [G] band.
[A] Went on the road when I was eight years [E] old.
Turned 15, I was stealing [A] the show.
[B] Money to burn, and the women [Em] were pretty.
It didn't take me long to learn that I was born to boogie.
[Bm] _ [C#m] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
When I was 18, [C#] I went to Hollywood.
I met Elvis [E] and Marilyn and Johnny B.
Goode.
Got my guitar painted, [A] [E] California [E] sun,
a red Cadillac, having [C#m] too much [D] fun.
_ _ [A] _ _ [E] _ _
Now we was playing in the halls and [B] jamming them,
and we moved it on over to MGM.
This is little boy we've been telling you [E] about.
He lit a cigar and he stuck his [D] hand out.
_ _ [A] _ _ [F#] _ _
_ He said, son, have we got a deal for you.
We're gonna make you a star and pay you good [B] too.
Told him my mama didn't raise no fool.
[F#] I'll take your money.
[B] I'll make you a movie.
[C#] I can tell you right now, [E] I was trained to boogie. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ [C#] _ _ _ _
[G#m] _ [A] _ [G] _ [A] _ [E] _ _ _
Yeah, my name is Bo Severs.
I drank a whiskey by the gallon.
Never backed down, and I love a good challenge.
[C] What I [E] do now is what I did then.
I like to get down with all my rowdy [D] friends.
_ [A] _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ I can be sweet, and I can be mean, and I wear my hat,
[G] and I wear blue [Am] jeans, my [A] shades are chrome, my [E] guitar steel.
If you think I won't, believe me, I [B] will.
Get down on you, baby, because I ain't no rookie.
I [E] was put here [A#] to party, and _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [B] _ [A] _ [E] _ [A] _ [C] _ [E] _
_ _ [Em] I'm a rookie.
_ _ [C] _ [Em] _ _ [E] _ _ _ [F#] _ [A] _ [B] _ [A] _
[G#] _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [N] _ _ _ _ _ _