Cool Down Boy Chords by Garland Jeffreys
Tempo:
124.25 bpm
Chords used:
C
G
Am
A
D
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[G]
[C] [Eb] [Am]
[G] [Em]
[C] [Am] [A]
Oh, [G] dear, really, John, he's [C] been up all night.
[Am]
[G] He's got his rockin' shoes on [C] until the broad daylight.
[Am] [A]
[G] He's been a raisin' cane to [C] the big girls [Am] uptown.
[C] [G]
They've been a raisin' cane to [C]
the rock and roll [Am] sound.
[C] [G] So cool down, boy, cool [C] down, cool down, boy.
[Am] Everybody [G] say cool down, boy, cool [C] down, cool down, [Am] boy.
[G]
Here comes the sun, [C] there goes the [Am] night.
And [E] [G] like a silent gun, [C] out goes the [Am] streetlight.
[G] But no love is lost [C] between the black and white.
[Am] [E] [G] He's got a rockin' old music, no [C]
sign of a [Am] streetlight.
[C] [G] So [C] cool down, [G] boy, cool down, cool down, [Am] boy.
[Bm] Everybody [G] say cool down, boy, cool [C] down, cool down, [Am] boy.
[Bm] All the people [G] say cool down, boy, cool [C] down, cool [Am] down, boy.
everybody [G] going cool down boy, cool [C] down, cool down [Am] boy, [Bm] [G]
[C]
[E] [D] [G]
cool down boy, [C]
[Am] [D]
cool down boy, [C]
[D]
cool [G] down boy
that's what my father tell me most every [G] night, cool down boy
[C] that's what my mother [A] she tell me most [C] every [G] day, cool down boy
[C] that's what the teachers [Am] in school they tell me [G] they say, cool down boy
[C]
just when I [A] wanna have [G] my fun they say, cool down boy
[C]
I hear [G] the same ugly [A] words from everyone, [G] cool down boy
[C]
ever since I was five [A] years old, it's [G] cool down boy
[B]
[C] ever since I [E] was six years old, it's [G] cool [D] down boy
[B] cool
[C] [D] down [G]
boy, cool [C] down, cool down [Am] boy, [G]
cool [C] down boy, cool down boy, [D] [A] [G]
[C]
[D] [G]
cool down boy
cool [E] down boy, cool down [C] boy, cool [Am] down boy
[G] [C]
[N]
[C] [Eb] [Am]
[G] [Em]
[C] [Am] [A]
Oh, [G] dear, really, John, he's [C] been up all night.
[Am]
[G] He's got his rockin' shoes on [C] until the broad daylight.
[Am] [A]
[G] He's been a raisin' cane to [C] the big girls [Am] uptown.
[C] [G]
They've been a raisin' cane to [C]
the rock and roll [Am] sound.
[C] [G] So cool down, boy, cool [C] down, cool down, boy.
[Am] Everybody [G] say cool down, boy, cool [C] down, cool down, [Am] boy.
[G]
Here comes the sun, [C] there goes the [Am] night.
And [E] [G] like a silent gun, [C] out goes the [Am] streetlight.
[G] But no love is lost [C] between the black and white.
[Am] [E] [G] He's got a rockin' old music, no [C]
sign of a [Am] streetlight.
[C] [G] So [C] cool down, [G] boy, cool down, cool down, [Am] boy.
[Bm] Everybody [G] say cool down, boy, cool [C] down, cool down, [Am] boy.
[Bm] All the people [G] say cool down, boy, cool [C] down, cool [Am] down, boy.
everybody [G] going cool down boy, cool [C] down, cool down [Am] boy, [Bm] [G]
[C]
[E] [D] [G]
cool down boy, [C]
[Am] [D]
cool down boy, [C]
[D]
cool [G] down boy
that's what my father tell me most every [G] night, cool down boy
[C] that's what my mother [A] she tell me most [C] every [G] day, cool down boy
[C] that's what the teachers [Am] in school they tell me [G] they say, cool down boy
[C]
just when I [A] wanna have [G] my fun they say, cool down boy
[C]
I hear [G] the same ugly [A] words from everyone, [G] cool down boy
[C]
ever since I was five [A] years old, it's [G] cool down boy
[B]
[C] ever since I [E] was six years old, it's [G] cool [D] down boy
[B] cool
[C] [D] down [G]
boy, cool [C] down, cool down [Am] boy, [G]
cool [C] down boy, cool down boy, [D] [A] [G]
[C]
[D] [G]
cool down boy
cool [E] down boy, cool down [C] boy, cool [Am] down boy
[G] [C]
[N]
Key:
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G
Am
A
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_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ [Eb] _ [Am] _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ [Am] _ _ [A] _
Oh, [G] dear, really, John, _ he's [C] been up all night.
[Am] _ _ _
[G] He's got his rockin' shoes on _ [C] until the broad daylight.
_ [Am] _ [A] _ _
[G] He's been a raisin' cane _ to [C] the big girls _ [Am] uptown.
_ [C] _ [G]
They've been a raisin' cane to [C]
the rock and roll [Am] sound.
_ [C] [G] So cool down, boy, cool [C] down, cool down, boy.
[Am] _ Everybody [G] say cool down, boy, cool [C] down, cool down, [Am] boy.
_ _ _ [G]
Here comes the sun, _ _ [C] there goes the [Am] night.
And [E] [G] like a silent gun, _ _ [C] out goes the [Am] streetlight.
_ [G] But no love is lost _ _ [C] between the black and white.
[Am] _ _ _ [E] [G] He's got a rockin' old music, _ no [C]
sign of a [Am] streetlight.
[C] _ [G] So [C] cool down, [G] boy, _ cool down, cool down, [Am] boy.
_ [Bm] Everybody [G] say cool down, boy, cool [C] down, cool down, [Am] boy.
[Bm] All the people [G] say cool down, boy, cool [C] down, cool [Am] down, boy.
_ everybody [G] going cool down boy, cool [C] down, cool down [Am] boy, _ [Bm] _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ [E] _ _ [D] _ [G]
cool down boy, _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ [D] _
cool _ down boy, _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
cool _ [G] down boy _ _
that's what my father tell me most every [G] night, cool down boy
[C] that's what my mother [A] she tell me most [C] every [G] day, cool down boy
_ [C] that's what the teachers [Am] in school they tell me [G] they say, cool down boy
_ [C] _
_ just when I [A] wanna have [G] my fun they say, cool down boy
_ [C]
I hear [G] the same ugly [A] words from everyone, [G] cool down boy
_ [C] _
_ ever since I was five [A] years old, it's [G] cool _ down boy
_ _ [B] _
[C] _ ever since I [E] was six years old, it's [G] cool [D] down boy
[B] cool _
[C] _ _ [D] _ _ down _ [G] _
_ _ boy, cool [C] down, cool down [Am] boy, _ _ _ [G]
cool _ _ _ _ _ [C] down boy, cool down boy, [D] _ [A] _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _
cool down boy
cool [E] down boy, cool down [C] boy, cool [Am] down boy
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _
_ _ [C] _ _ [Eb] _ [Am] _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ [Am] _ _ [A] _
Oh, [G] dear, really, John, _ he's [C] been up all night.
[Am] _ _ _
[G] He's got his rockin' shoes on _ [C] until the broad daylight.
_ [Am] _ [A] _ _
[G] He's been a raisin' cane _ to [C] the big girls _ [Am] uptown.
_ [C] _ [G]
They've been a raisin' cane to [C]
the rock and roll [Am] sound.
_ [C] [G] So cool down, boy, cool [C] down, cool down, boy.
[Am] _ Everybody [G] say cool down, boy, cool [C] down, cool down, [Am] boy.
_ _ _ [G]
Here comes the sun, _ _ [C] there goes the [Am] night.
And [E] [G] like a silent gun, _ _ [C] out goes the [Am] streetlight.
_ [G] But no love is lost _ _ [C] between the black and white.
[Am] _ _ _ [E] [G] He's got a rockin' old music, _ no [C]
sign of a [Am] streetlight.
[C] _ [G] So [C] cool down, [G] boy, _ cool down, cool down, [Am] boy.
_ [Bm] Everybody [G] say cool down, boy, cool [C] down, cool down, [Am] boy.
[Bm] All the people [G] say cool down, boy, cool [C] down, cool [Am] down, boy.
_ everybody [G] going cool down boy, cool [C] down, cool down [Am] boy, _ [Bm] _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ [E] _ _ [D] _ [G]
cool down boy, _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ [D] _
cool _ down boy, _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
cool _ [G] down boy _ _
that's what my father tell me most every [G] night, cool down boy
[C] that's what my mother [A] she tell me most [C] every [G] day, cool down boy
_ [C] that's what the teachers [Am] in school they tell me [G] they say, cool down boy
_ [C] _
_ just when I [A] wanna have [G] my fun they say, cool down boy
_ [C]
I hear [G] the same ugly [A] words from everyone, [G] cool down boy
_ [C] _
_ ever since I was five [A] years old, it's [G] cool _ down boy
_ _ [B] _
[C] _ ever since I [E] was six years old, it's [G] cool [D] down boy
[B] cool _
[C] _ _ [D] _ _ down _ [G] _
_ _ boy, cool [C] down, cool down [Am] boy, _ _ _ [G]
cool _ _ _ _ _ [C] down boy, cool down boy, [D] _ [A] _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _
cool down boy
cool [E] down boy, cool down [C] boy, cool [Am] down boy
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _