Standard (EADGBE)
Chorus
Well, all my friends are boppin' the blues,
it must be goin' round.
All them cats are boppin' the blues,
it must be goin' round.
I love you, baby, I must be rhythm bound.
Well, the doctor told me, Carl, you don't need no pills.
Yeah, that doctor told me, boy, you don't need no pills.
Just a handful of nickels and a jukebox will cure your ills.
Chorus
Well, all my friends are boppin' the blues,
it must be goin' round.
All them cats are boppin' the blues,
it must be goin' round.
I love you, baby, I must be rhythm bound.
Well, the old cat bug, bit me, man, I don't feel no pain.
Yeah, that jitterbug caught me, man, I don't feel no pain.
I still love you baby, but I'll never be the same.
Chorus
Well, all my friends are boppin' the blues,
it must be goin' round.
All them friends are boppin' the blues,
it must be goin' round.
I love you, baby, but I must be rhythm bound.
Break
(5th fr. )
Chorus
Well, all my friends are boppin' the blues,
it must be goin' round.
All them cats are boppin' the blues,
it must be goin' round.
I love you, baby, but I must be rhythm bound.
Well, grandpa done got rhythm, and he threw his crutches down.
Oh, the old boy done got rhythm and blues and he threw
them crutches down.
Grandma, he ain't triflin', well the old boy's rhythm bound.
Chorus
Well, all my friends are boppin' the blues,
it must be goin' round.
All them cats are boppin' the blues,
it must be goin' round.
I love you, baby, but I must be rhythm bound.
Outro
A rock bop, rhythm and blues...A rock bop, rhythm and blues.
A rock rock, rhythm and blues...A rock rock, rhythm and blues.
Rhythm and blues, it must be goin' round.(Fade.)
A fifties smash from Kraziekhat.