Chords for The Jubilaires - "The Joint Is Jumping" Musical Short - 1948-1949

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How we drug him.
Jump, [D] jump, jump, like a jayderbug.
He's loaded with the spinies.
Long, lean and lanky.
[B] He's not like [D] Miss May.
That cat, the killer [G] diddler.
Just as thin as he is tall.
[D] In fact, he's got [D] no will.
And that's his command.
[F] Put the hot spot in his hand.
[Dm] You can hear them all say, [Bb] whoo-wee, what a man.
[C] Long, lean and lanky.
Swingin'.
Ain't that really [F] swangin'?
[G] And you should really [F] dig [Bb] that cat.
[D] He's long, lean and lanky.
[Am] Diggin'.
[G] That cat's alive and swingin'.
Ain't for [D] no child to [Bb] dig that cat.
[Bm] He's [C] long, lean and lanky.
[Db] He's not like Mr.
May-May [D]-May-May-May-May.
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Just as thin as he is [A] tall.
[D] Long, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
lean and [Dm] lanky.
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_ _ [F] _ _ _ [Bm] We aim to please, oh for you lovers of that a-mental phenomenon known generally as blues.
Specifically, here's the Jubilairs with the Jubes Blues.
[Ab] _ Night so cloud, oh so cloudy.
Oh yeah. _ _ _ _
It's been a week. _ _ _
[Gb] Been downhearted.
[D] _ _ [Bbm] Since we _ parted.
[Ab] _ I can't [Bbm] go on this [C] way.
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[G] Seems like every day I love [D] you. _
[Bb] _ [Eb] More than the day _ [Ab] _
before.
[Db] _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ [Eb] _ _
_ [Ab] If you read my letter, baby, _ you [F] must have read [Ab] my mind.
[Fm] _ _ [Ebm] _ _ _ Hey, [B]
pretty [C] mama, [Dbm] if you read my letter, baby, _ you must have read [Ab] my mind.
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[Gb] _ _ [Ab] _ [Gm] Oh, _ _ _
_ [Bm] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ [G] _ _
[Ab] and I want _ [Abm] _ _ _ [Ab] _
_ _ _ _ [B] to say, _
[Abm] _ everybody's all in mercy.
[Ab] _ _ [Db] _
What do _ [Ab] mercy [Bb] mean? _
_ _ [Bbm] _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ [Db] _
_ [E] _ _ [G] Everybody's all in mercy, mercy, mercy, mercy.
[Db] _ What do _ [Ab] mercy mean?
[Bbm] _ _ [C] _ _ _ [Ab] _ _
_ _ _ [B] If it [D] means what I'm [N] thinking, _ [Bb] _ Lord, [G] have mercy [Ab] on _ me.
[Db] _ _
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Bye, bye, _ _ _ _ _ bye, bye.
But I [Db] won't say bye. _ _ _ _ _ _
[Ab] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
[Bm] _ You'll _ _ _ _ [Cm] _
[Db] be coming [G] back to me [Abm] someday.
_ _ _ _ [Cm] _ _ [B] _
We'd like to chant the praises of a pretty popular guy.
At least he was popular in his day.
You may recall him, [Bm] though.
His name was Casey Jones.
[D] _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ Choo, choo, choo, choo, choo, wobble.
[F]
Choo, choo, choo, choo, choo, wobble.
Choo, choo, _ choo, choo, choo, wobble.
Well, around here, round the red, you [D] want to hear.
[F] Stoked about a brave engineer.
Casey Jones was his rounder's name.
And on the big six-wheeler, he'd grin his face well.
And he called a call, and called Casey about a quarter to four.
Kissed his wife at the kitchen door.
Jumped into the cabin with his orders in his hand.
Then he took a little trip into the promised land.
Casey Jones.
Went and found his juice cabin.
Casey Jones.
He had his orders in his hand.
Casey Jones.
Went and found his juice cabin.
Took [B] a little trip into the [C] promised land.
[Dm] Casey was a pretty good fella.
Boy, he had his orders in his hand.
[Bm] Casey was a pretty good fella.
[F] But he took a little [C] trip into the promised [F] land. _
Casey, look, his son, they got a pretty hard hustle down the run.
You got to hustle on down the line.
And boy, you got to bring the rent dead on time.
Casey told his fireman to shiver in the cold.
He put his head out the window to see the drivers roll.
The wheels turned over.
The whistle screamed.
Old Casey got the throttle of the old nineteen.
Casey Jones.
Went and found his juice cabin.
Casey Jones.
He had his orders in his hand.
_ Casey Jones.
Went and found his juice cabin.
He took a little [G] trip into the promised land.
[Dm]
Casey was a pretty good [D] fella.
Boy, he had his orders in his hand.
Casey was a pretty good fella.
But he took a little trip into the promised [F] land. _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ [C] _ _ [F] _ _ _ [D] _
Casey [G] Jones. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Went and found his juice cabin.
Casey Jones.
Went and found _
[C] his juice cabin.
Casey was a pretty good fella.
Boy, he had his orders in his hand.
Casey was a pretty good fella.
Boy, he had his orders in his hand.
[B] Jubilee, oh, golden abound [F] above.
Casey Jones.
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_ _ [G] There are many types of rainbows, with and without parts of gold at the end of each.
_ See if you can identify the Jubilee's [Bm] type of rainbow from the song of the same name, The Other Side of the Rainbow.
La [D] _ [C] _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ [B] _
[G] da da da da da da.
[C] Shabooshy ba da, shabooshy ba da.
Shabooshy ba da, shabooshy ba da.
Oh, the sun is always shining, [D] and the birds are never still.
On the other side of the [B] rainbow, [D] on the happy go lucky hill.
Though you may not have a neck to wear.
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_ _ [D] _ _ [F] _ _ [Dm] The weepin' willow smiles the whole day through.
_ [F] _
[G] When you're coming around the hilltop.
[Gm] Ba da, [G] ba da da da da.
[B] _ _ [G] _
Wait for each jack and jill.
On [F] the other side of [Bm] the rainbow, [D] on the happy go lucky hill. _ _
The sun is always _ [G] shining, and the birds are never still.
[C] On [A] the other side [F] of the rainbow, on [G] the happy go lucky hill.
Though you [Dm] may not [Gm] have [D] money for a million dollar bill.
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_ _ _ _ On [B] the other side [Dm] of the rainbow, on the happy, _ _ _ _
[Gb] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ happy go lucky [Gb] hill.
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