Chords for Cab Calloway & Nicholas Brothers - Jumpin' Jive

Tempo:
103.1 bpm
Chords used:

Eb

Ab

Bb

Gm

G

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Cab Calloway & Nicholas Brothers - Jumpin' Jive chords
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[Abm]
[Ab]
[Bb] [Gm] Boy!
What you [Abm] gonna say to that kid?
Oh boy!
What you [Gm] gonna say to that kid?
Talimar, Talimar, Swanee Shaw, [Eb] let me dig this jive once more.
Boy!
Right on down, dude, get it!
Oh boy!
[Fm] Gotta [Eb] dig it fine, little kid!
[G] Now can't you hear those pep [Am] cats call?
Come [C] on boys, let's [Eb] have a ball.
The jim-jam-jumpin', [F] jumpin' [Cm] jive makes you hit your jive on the mellow [Eb] side.
Hep hep!
Hep hep!
The jim-jam-jumpin', the silent jive [Gm] makes you nine [Ab] foot tall when you're four foot [Eb] five.
Hep hep!
[Ab] [Eb] Hep hep!
[Gm] Now don't you be that igloo, get [Am] up, come on, and [Eb] then you follow through.
[C] You get your study full, you make a majority jumpin' [Dm] like the gators do.
Jim-jam-jumpin', the [Am] jumpin' [Gm] jive makes you like your eggs on the Jersey side.
Hep hep!
Yeah, babe!
The jim-jam-jumpin' jive [Eb] makes you hep hep all on the mellow side.
[G] Boodily, boodily, boodily, boodily, boodily, [Eb] bang, bang, bang, bang, da-da-da.
Now I'm [F] told you love the jumpin' [Eb] jive, jim-jam [Bb]-jumpin', jumpin' [Eb] jive.
You're gonna dig this mellow jive, yes, yes, [Fm] you dig it on the mellow side.
Boodily, boodily, boodily, boodily, boodily, boodily, boodily, boodily, boodily, boodily, [Gm] boodily, boodily, boodily, [Fm] boodily, [Gm] boodily, boodily, boodily, boodily, [Ab] boodily, boodily, boodily, [G] boodily, boodily, boodily, [Bb] boodily, boodily, boodily, boodily, boodily, boodily, boodily, boodily, boodily, boodily, boodily, boodily, boodily, boodily, boodily, boodily, boodily, boodily, boodily, boodily, boodily, boodily, boodily, boodily, boodily, boodily, boodily, boodily, boodily, boodily, boodily, [Eb] [Ab]
[Gm] [Bb] [Eb] [Ab]
[Eb] [Cm]
[Eb] [Ab]
[Eb]
[Ab] [Ebm] [F]
[Dm]
[D] bo
[Ab]
[A] ow.
[Bb]
[Ab] [Db] [Ab] [F]
[Db] [Ab]
[Fm]
[Bb]
[D]
[Eb] [Gm]
[G] [Db] [Eb]
[Ab]
[A] [A]
[Bb]
[C]
[F] [Gb] [G]
[Bb] [Bb] [Cm]
oh
[E] [Bb] [Eb] [C]
[F]
[Bb]
[Gm]
[Bb] [Eb]
[E] [F] [Gb]
[G] [Ab] [A]
[Bb] [Eb]
[C] [Eb]
[Db] [Bb] [Bb]
[G] [Ab] [Gm]
[Eb] [N]
Key:  
Eb
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Ab
134211114
Bb
12341111
Gm
123111113
G
2131
Eb
12341116
Ab
134211114
Bb
12341111
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To learn Cab Calloway And The Nicholas Brothers - Jumpin Jive-Dnc chords, anchor your practice on these foundational sequence of chords - Eb, Gm, Bb, Eb, Ab, Cm, Eb, Ab and Eb. Set your pace at 51 BPM initially and then sync up with the song's BPM of 103. Fine-tune the capo based on your vocal range, ensuring it complements the key of Eb Major.

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_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Abm] _
_ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Bb] _ [Gm] Boy!
What you [Abm] gonna say to that kid?
Oh boy!
What you [Gm] gonna say to that kid?
Talimar, Talimar, Swanee Shaw, [Eb] let me dig this jive once more.
Boy!
Right on down, dude, get it!
Oh boy!
[Fm] Gotta [Eb] dig it fine, little kid!
[G] Now can't you hear those pep [Am] cats call?
Come [C] on boys, let's [Eb] have a ball.
The jim-jam-jumpin', [F] jumpin' [Cm] jive makes you hit your jive on the mellow [Eb] side.
Hep hep! _
Hep hep!
_ _ The jim-jam-jumpin', the silent jive [Gm] makes you nine [Ab] foot tall when you're four foot [Eb] five.
Hep hep! _
[Ab] _ [Eb] Hep hep!
_ _ [Gm] Now don't you be that igloo, get [Am] up, come on, and [Eb] then you follow through.
[C] You get your study full, you make a majority jumpin' [Dm] like the gators do.
Jim-jam-jumpin', the [Am] jumpin' [Gm] jive makes you like your eggs on the Jersey side.
Hep hep!
_ Yeah, babe!
The jim-jam-jumpin' jive [Eb] makes you hep hep all on the mellow side.
[G] Boodily, boodily, boodily, boodily, boodily, [Eb] bang, bang, bang, bang, da-da-da.
Now I'm [F] told you love the jumpin' [Eb] jive, jim-jam [Bb]-jumpin', jumpin' [Eb] jive.
You're gonna dig this mellow jive, yes, yes, [Fm] you dig it on the mellow side.
Boodily, boodily, boodily, boodily, boodily, boodily, boodily, boodily, boodily, boodily, [Gm] boodily, boodily, boodily, [Fm] boodily, [Gm] boodily, boodily, boodily, boodily, [Ab] boodily, boodily, boodily, [G] boodily, boodily, boodily, [Bb] boodily, boodily, boodily, boodily, boodily, boodily, boodily, boodily, boodily, boodily, boodily, boodily, boodily, boodily, boodily, boodily, boodily, boodily, boodily, boodily, boodily, boodily, boodily, boodily, boodily, boodily, boodily, boodily, boodily, boodily, boodily, _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Ab] _ _ _
[Gm] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Ab] _ _
_ _ [Eb] _ [Cm] _ _ _ _ _
[Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _
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[Ab] _ _ [Ebm] _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ [D] _ _ bo
[Ab] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [A] ow.
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[Ab] _ _ [Db] _ _ [Ab] _ _ [F] _ _
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[Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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[Eb] _ _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _
[G] _ _ [Db] _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _
_ [Ab] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
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_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ [Gb] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [Cm] _ _ _ _
oh
[E] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
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[Bb] _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _
[E] _ _ [F] _ _ _ [Gb] _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ [A] _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _
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[C] _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _
[Db] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
[G] _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _
[Eb] _ _ [N] _ _ _ _ _ _
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Facts about this song

This song was penned by Cab Calloway, Jack Palmer and Frank Froeba.

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