Bill Haley and his Comets, Shake Rattle & Roll (1954)
Key: :[D#] (w: Charles Calhoun)
VERSE 1:
[D#] Get out from that kitchen and rattle those pots and pans
Get
[Ab] out from that kitchen and rattle those pots and
[D#] pans
Well,
[A#] roll my breakfast, 'cause
[Ab] I'm a hungry
[D#] man
CHORUS:
I said
[D#] Shake rattle and roll
I said
[D#] Shake rattle and roll
I said
[Ab] Shake rattle and roll
I said
[D#] Shake rattle and roll
Well you
[A#] never do nothin'
To save your doggone
[D#] soul
VERSE 2:
[D#] Wearin' those dresses, your hair done up so nice
[Ab] Wearin' those dresses, your hair done up so
[D#] nice
You
[A#] look so warm, but your
[Ab] heart is cold as
[D#] ice
REPEAT CHORUS:
INSTRUMENTAL: [over VERSE]
VERSE 3:
[D#] 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
[D#] store
I can
[A#] look at you, till you
[Ab] don't love me no
[D#] more
VERSE 4:
[D#] I believe you're doin' me wrong and now I know
I be-
[Ab]-lieve you're doin' me wrong and now I
[D#] know
The
[A#] more I work, the
[Ab] faster my money
[D#] goes
REPEAT CHORUS:
OUTRO: [D#] Shake rattle and
[D# open] roll