Big Joe Turner, Shake Rattle & Roll (1954)
Key: :[Eb] (w: Jesse Stone, 1954) (c: Bill Haley & his Comets, 1954, Key: F)
VERSE 1:
[Eb] Get outta that bed, wash your face and hands
Get
[Ab] outta that bed, wash your face and
[Eb] hands
Well, you
[Bb] get in that kitchen, make some
[Ab] noise with the pots 'n
[Eb] pans
VERSE 2:
[Eb] Way you wear those dresses, the sun comes shinin' through
Way you
[Ab] wear those dresses, the sun comes shinin'
[Eb] through
I can't be-
[Bb]-lieve my eyes, all that
[Ab] mess belongs to
[Eb] you
VERSE 3:
[Eb] I believe to the soul you're the devil and now I know
I be-
[Ab]-lieve to the soul you're the devil and now I
[Eb] know
Well, the
[Bb] more I work, the
[Ab] faster my money
[Eb] goes
CHORUS:
I said
[Eb] Shake rattle and roll, shake rattle and roll
[Ab] Shake rattle and roll,
[Eb] shake rattle and roll
Well you
[Bb] won't do right, to save your dog-gone
[Eb] soul
INSTRUMENTAL: [over CHORUS]
VERSE 4:
[Eb] I'm like a one-eyed cat, peepin' in a sea-food store
I'm like a
[Ab] one-eyed cat, peepin' in a sea-food
[Eb] store
But I can
[Bb] look at you, till you
[Ab] ain't no child no
[Eb] more
REPEAT CHORUS:
VERSE 5:
[Eb] I get over the hill and way down underneath
I get
[Ab] over the hill and way down under-
[Eb]-neath
You make me
[Bb] roll my eyes,
[Ab] even make me grit my
[Eb] teeth
REPEAT CHORUS:
OUTRO: [Eb *R1] Shake rattle and
[Eb open] roll