Well, it took my baby, but it never will again
(No, not again)
E
A
E
Train, train, comin' down, down the line
E
A
E
Train, train, comin' down the line
B
A
E
Well, it's bringin' my baby, 'cause she's mine all, all mine
(She's mine, all, all mine)
E
A
E
Train, train, comin' round, round the bend
E
A
E
Train, train, comin' round the bend
B
A
E
Well, it took my baby, but it never will again
(No, not again)
Blue Moon Of Kentucky
1954
<Bill Monroe>
A
A7
D
Dm
Blue moon, blue moon
A
E
A
Blue moon keep shining bright
A
A7
Blue moon keep on shining bright
D
Dm
You gonna bring me back my baby tonight
A
E
A
Blue moon keep shining bright
A
A7
D
Dm
I said blue moon of Kentucky keep on shining
A
A7
E
Shine on the one that's gone and left me blue
A
A7
D
Dm
I said blue moon of Kentucky keep on shining
A
E
E7
A
Shine on the one that's gone and left me blue
D
Well it was on one moonlight night
A
A7
Stars shining bright
D
Whisper on high
A
E
Love said goodbye
A
A7
D
Dm
Blue moon of Kentucky just keep on shining
A
E
E7
A
Shine on the one that's gone and left me blue
I said blue moon of Kentucky keep on shining
Shine on the one that's gone and left me blue
I said blue moon of Kentucky keep on shining
Shine on the one that's gone and left me blue
Well it was on one moonlight night
Stars shining bright
Whisper on high
Love said goodbye
Blue moon of Kentucky just keep on shining
Shine on the one that's gone and left me blue
Good Rockin' Tonight
1954
<Roy Brown>
E
Well, I heard the news, there's good rockin' tonight
A
E
Well, I heard the news, there's good rockin' tonight
E
I'm gonna hold my baby as tight as I can
E7
Tonight she'll know I'm a mighty, mighty man
A
B
E
I heard the news, there's good rockin' tonight
E
I say, well, meet me in a hurry, behind the barn
Don't you be afraid, darlin', I'll do you no harm
A
I want you to bring along, my rockin' shoes
B
'Cause tonight I'm gonna rock away all my blues
A
B
E
I heard the news, there's good rockin' tonight
E
Well, we're gonna rock. We're gonna rock
E
Let's rock. Come on and rock
B
We're gonna rock all our blues away
A
B
E
Have you heard the news? Everybody's rockin' tonight
A
B
E
Have you heard the news? Everybody's rockin' tonight
That's Alright Mama
1954
<Arthur Crudup>
A
Well, that's alright mama, that's alright for you
A7
That's alright mama, just anyway you do
D
Well, that's alright, that's alright
E7
A
That's alright now mama, anyway you do
A
Mama she done told me, papa done told me too
A7
"Son, that gal your foolin' with, she ain't no good for you"
D
But, that's alright, that's alright
E7
A
That's alright now mama, anyway you do
A
I'm leaving town, baby, I'm leaving town for sure
A7
Well, then you won't be bothered with me hanging round your door
D
Well, that's alright, that's alright
E7
A
That's alright now mama, anyway you do
I'm Left, You're Right, She's Gone
1955
<Bill Taylor/Stan Kesler>
E
B
E
Well, you're right, I'm left, she's gone
E
B
E
You're right, and I'm left all alone
A
E
Well, you tried to tell me so, but how was I to know
E
B
E
That she was not the one for me?
You told me all along
You're right, our love was so wrong
But now I changed my mind, Because she broke the ties that bind
And I know that she never cared for me
A
Well, I thought I knew just what she'd do
E
I guess I'm not so smart
A
Oh, you tried to tell me along
E
B
She'd only break my heart
I'm left, you're right, she's gone
You're right, and I'm left all alone
Well, she's gone I know not where, but now I just don't care
For now I'm falling for you
If you'll forgive me now
I'll make it up somehow
So happy we will be, in a home just for three
And I'll soon forget her, now I know
Well, I thought I knew just what she'd do
I guess I'm not so smart
Oh, you tried to tell me along
She'd only break my heart
You're right, I'm left, she's gone
You're right, and I'm left all alone
Well, she's gone I know not where, but now I just don't care
For now I'm falling for you
Blue Suede Shoes
1956
<Carl Perkins>
A
Well, it's one for the money, two for the show
A7
Three to get ready now go, cat, go
D
A
But don't you step on my blue suede shoes
E
D
A
You can do anything but lay off of my Blue suede shoes
A
Well, you can knock me down, step in my face
Slander my name all over the place
Do anything that you want to do
A7
But uh-huh honey, lay off of my shoes
D
A
Don't you step on my Blue suede shoes
E
D
A
Well you can do anything but lay off of my blue suede shoes
A
You can burn my house, steal my car
Drink my liquor from an old fruitjar
Do anything that you want to do, but uh-uh
A7
But uh-huh honey, lay off of my shoes
D
A
Don't you step on my Blue suede shoes
E
D
A
Well you can do anything but lay off of my blue suede shoes
A
Well it's a-blue, blue, blue suede shoes
A
Blue, blue, blue suede shoes
D
Blue, blue, blue suede shoes
A
Blue, blue, blue suede shoes
E
D
A
You can do anything but lay off of my blue suede shoes
Don't Be Cruel
1956
<Otis Blackwell>
D
You know I can be found
Sitting home all alone
G
If you can't come around
D
At least please telephone
Em
A
D
Don't be cruel to a heart that's true
Baby, if I made you mad
For something I might have said
Please, let's forget the past
The future looks bright ahead
Don't be cruel to a heart that's true
G
A
I don't want no other love
G
A
D
Baby it's just you I'm thinking of
Don't stop thinking of me
Don't make me feel this way
Come on over here and love me
You know what I want you to say
Don't be cruel to a heart that's true
Why should we be apart?
I really love you baby, cross my heart
Let's walk up to the preacher
And let us say "I do"
Then you'll know you'll have me
And I'll know that I'll have you
Don't be cruel to a heart that's true
I don't want no other love
Baby it's just you I'm thinking of
Em
A
D
Don't be cruel to a heart that's true
Em
A
D
Don't be cruel to a heart that's true
I don't want no other love
Baby it's just you I'm thinking of
Heartbreak Hotel
1956
<Mae Boren Axton/Tommy Durdon>
E
Well, since my baby left me
E
I found a new place to dwell
E7
It's down at the end of lonely street
E
At heartbreak hotel
A7
You make me so lonely baby
A7
I get so lonely
B7
E
I get so lonely I could die
And although it's always crowded
You still can find some room
Where broken hearted lovers
Do cry away their gloom
You make me so lonely baby...
Well, the bell hop's tears keep flowin'
And the desk clerk's dressed in black
Well they been so long on lonely street
They ain't ever gonna look back
You make me so lonely baby...
Hey now, if your baby leaves you
And you got a tale to tell
Just take a walk down lonely street
To heartbreak hotel
You make me so lonely baby...
Break
And although it's always crowded
You still can find some room
Where broken hearted lovers
Do cry away their gloom
You make me so lonely baby...
Hound Dog
1956
<Big Mama Thornton>
C
You ain't nothin' but a hound dog, cryin' all the time
F
C
You ain't nothin' but a hound dog, cryin' all the time
G
Well, you ain't never caught a rabbit
F
C
And you ain't no friend of mine
When they said you was high-class, well, that was just a lie
Yeah they said you was high-class, well, that was just a lie
Well, you ain't never caught a rabbit
And you ain't no friend of mine
You ain't nothin' but a hound dog, cryin' all the time
You ain't nothin' but a hound dog, cryin' all the time
Well, you ain't never caught a rabbit
And you ain't no friend of mine
Instrumental verse
When they said you was high-class, well, that was just a lie
Yeah they said you was high-class, well, that was just a lie
Well, you ain't never caught a rabbit
And you ain't no friend of mine
Instrumental verse
When they said you was high classed, well, that was just a lie
You know they said you was high classed, well, that was just a lie
Well, you ain't never caught a rabbit
And you ain't no friend of mine
You ain't nothin' but a hound dog, cryin' all the time
You ain't nothin' but a hound dog, cryin' all the time
G
Well, you ain't never caught a rabbit
C#7
C7
And you ain't no friend of mine
Love Me Tender
1956
<George R. Poulton/Ken Darby>
D
D
E7
Love me tender, love me sweet
A7
D
Never let me go
E7
You have made my life complete
A7
D
And I love you so
F#7/c#
Bm
D7/a
Love me tender, love me true
G
Gm6
D
All my dreams fulfilled
B7
E7
For my darling I love you
A7
D
And I always will
Love me tender, love me long
Take me to your heart
For it's there that I belong
And will never part
Love me tender, love me true
All my dreams fulfilled
For my darling I love you
And I always will
Love me tender love me dear
Tell me you are mine
I'll be yours through all the years
Till the end of time
Love me tender, love me true
All my dreams fulfilled
For my darling I love you
And I always will
Well bless my soul, what's wrong with me?
I'm itching like a man on a fuzzy tree
My friends say I'm actin' wide as a bug
I'm in love, I'm all shook up
D
E
A
Uh huh oh yeah, yeah!
Well my hands are shaky and my knees are weak
I can't seem to stand on my own two feet
Now who do you thank when you have such luck?
I'm in love, I'm all shook up
Uh huh oh yeah, yeah!
D
Well please don't ask me what's on my mind
A
I'm a little mixed up, but I'm feelin' fine
D
When I'm near the girl that I love best
E
My heart beats so and it scares me to death!
She touched my hand what a chill I got
Her lips are like a volcano that's hot
I'm proud to say she's my buttercup
I'm in love, I'm all shook up
Uh huh oh yeah, yeah!
My tongue gets tied when I try to speak
My insides shake like a leaf on a tree
There's only one cure for this soul of mine
That's to have that girl that I love so fine!
She touched my hand what a chill I got
Her lips are like a volcano that's hot
I'm proud to say she's my buttercup
I'm in love, I'm all shook up
Uh huh oh yeah, yeah!
Uh huh oh yeah, yeah
Uh huh oh yeah, yeah
I'm all shook up!
The warden threw a party in the county jail
Prison band was there and they began to wail
Band was jumpin' and the joint began to swing
Should've heard those knocked out jail birds sing
A
E
Let's rock, everybody, let's rock
B7
Everybody in the whole cell block
E
Was dancing to the jailhouse rock
Spider Murphy played the tenor saxophone
Little Joe was blowin' on the slide trombone
The drummer boy from Illinois went crash, boom, bang
The whole rhythm section was the purple gang
Let's rock, everybody, let's rock...
Number forty-seven said to number three
You're the cutest jailbird I ever did see
I sure would be delighted with your company
Come on and do the jailhouse rock with me
Let's rock, everybody, let's rock...
The sad sack was a sittin' on a block of stone
Way over in the corner weepin' all alone
The warden said, hey, buddy, don't you be no square
If you can't find a partner use a wooden chair
Let's rock, everybody, let's rock...
Shifty Henry said to bugs, for heavens sake
No one's lookin', now's our chance to make a break
Bugsy turned to shifty and he said, nix nix
I wanna stick around a while and get my kicks
Let's rock, everybody, let's rock...
(Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear
1957
<Kal Mann/Bernie Lowe>
C
F
C
Baby let me be your lovin' teddy bear
F
F
C
Put a chain around my neck and lead me anywhere
G7
C
Oh let me be your teddy bear
F
G7
I don't wanna be a tiger
F
G7
'Cause tigers play too rough
F
G7
I don't wanna be a lion
F
G7
C
'Cause lions ain't the kind you love enough.
C
Just wanna be your teddy bear
F
F
C
Put a chain around my neck and lead me anywhere
G7
C
Oh let me be your teddy bear
Baby let me be, around you every night
Run your fingers through my hair
And cuddle me real tight
