Big Joe Turner, Flip, Flop and Fly (1955)
Key: :[Bb] (w: Jesse Stone, Joe Turner) (Blues Brothers, 1978, Key: Bb)
VERSE 1:
[Bb] Well now when I get the blues, gonna get me a rockin' chair
Well now when
[Eb] I get the blues, gonna get me a rockin'
[Bb] chair
When the
[F] blues overtake, gonna
[Eb] rock right away from
[Bb] here
VERSE 2:
[Bb] Now when I get lonesome, I jump on the telephone
Now when
[Eb] I get lonesome, I jump on the tele-
[Bb]-phone
Well I
[F] call my baby,
[Eb] tell her I'm on my way back
[Bb] home
CHORUS:
Now
[Bb] Flip, flop, and fly; I don't care if I die
Now
[Eb] Flip, flop, and fly; I
[Bb] don't care if I die
[F] Don't ever leave me;
[Eb] don't ever say good-
[Bb]-bye
VERSE 3:
Give me
[Bb] one last kiss, hold it a long, long time
Give me
[Eb] one last kiss, hold it a long, long
[Bb] time
Well
[F] hold that kiss, till I
[Eb] feel it in my head like
[Bb] wine
VERSE 4:
Here
[Bb] comes my baby, flashing a new gold tooth
Here
[Eb] comes my baby, flashing a new gold
[Bb] tooth
Well
[F] she's so small, she can
[Eb] mambo in a pay phone
[Bb] booth
REPEAT CHORUS:
INSTRUMENTAL: [over VERSE]
VERSE 5:
I'm like a
[Bb] Mississippi bullfrog, sitting on a hollow stone
I'm like a
[Eb] Mississippi bullfrog, sitting on a hollow
[Bb] stone
I've got
[F] so many women, I
[Eb] don't know which way to
[Bb] jump
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