Chords for Steve Gibbons Band – Boppin’ the Blues - BBC ‘Sight and Sound’, Nov 1977

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[F] I want to sing to you, yeah.
_ [G] _
Especially for Carl.
Wherever he may be.
Boppin' the blues.
_ Well, _ _ _ in the blue [Bm] suede shoes, but I still got through.
I heard it clear in the lead.
_ Mr.
Blue, [B] Carl, are you there?
Can you hear me?
_ [G]
We're here, and all my friends is boppin' the blues.
It must be [B] goin' round. _
All them [E] cats is boppin' the blues.
It must be goin' round.
[Gb] I love you, baby, but I must be [B] a rhythm man.
_ _ The doctor told me, you don't need no pills. _ _
The doctor told me, boy, you don't need no pills.
_ _ [Gb] Just a handful of nickels and a two-pops will cure [B] your health.
_ _ All my friends is boppin' the blues.
It must be goin' [Eb] round.
[Bm] All them cats is boppin' the [B] blues.
It must be goin' round.
I love [Eb] you, baby, but I must [B] be a rhythm man. _ _
Virginia, go to the dance at Scottville.
I don't feel no pain.
Virginia, go to the dance at Scottville.
I don't feel no pain.
[Ebm] I love you, baby, but I could never be the same. _ _
All my friends is boppin' the blues.
It must be goin' round.
All them cats is boppin' the blues.
It must be [Eb] goin' round.
I [Dbm] love you, baby, but I [B] must be a rhythm man. _ _
_ _ [Bm] _ _ _ [B] _
_ [Bm] _ _ _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ [Eb] _ _ _
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_ _ [E] _ _ [B] _ _
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_ [Ebm] _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ [B] _ _ _ [Bm] _
My grandpa's got [B] rhythm.
Groovy, scratch it down.
_ [E] My old grandpa's rhythm of [Bm] blues and blues.
[Abm] Scratch it down.
[Gb] Hey, grandma, here he comes.
[B] That old boy's rhythm man.
All my friends is boppin' the blues.
It must be goin' round.
[E] All them cats is boppin' the [B] blues.
It must be goin' round.
I love [Db] you, baby, but I must be [B] a rhythm man.
I must be. _
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_ [Ebm] _ _ _ _ _
[Bm] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Abm] _ _ _ _ [Bm] _
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[Eb] _ _ [B] _ _ _ _
Doctor told me, boy, you don't need no [Ebm] pills.
[E] The doctor said, hey, look, man, [Ebm] you don't need no pills.
_ _ Just a [Gb] handful of nickels and a duplox will [B] cure your ill.
He said, all my friends is boppin' the blues.
It must be goin' round.
All them [A] cats is boppin' the [B] blues.
It must be goin' round.
[Eb] I love you, baby, but I must be [B] a rhythm man.
Yeah.
_ _ Rhythm of blues. _
Rhythm of blues.
_ [Db] Rhythm of blues.
_ Rhythm of [Gb] blues.
Rhythm of [Eb] blues.
It must be [B] goin' round.
I said, I said, I said, all my friends is boppin' the blues.
It must be goin' round.
All [E] them cats is boppin' the [B] blues.
It must be goin' round.
I love you, baby, but I must be a rhythm man. _
Yeah.
_ Rhythm of blues.
[Abm] _
Rhythm of [Eb] blues.
[G] _ Rhythm of blues.
[Abm] _ Rhythm of blues.
[Eb] Rhythm of blues.
It must [B] be goin' round. _ _
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