Johnny Cash, Get Rhythm (1956)
Key: :[F] (w: Johnny Cash)
CHORUS 1:
[F] Hey get a rhythm, when you get the blues,
Come on, get
[Bb] a rhythm, when you get the
[F] blues
Get a rock n roll feelin' in your bones,
Get taps on your toes and get gone,
Get a
[Bb] rhythm, when
[C7] you get the
[F] blues
VERSE 1:
[F] A little shoe-shine boy never gets low down,
But he's got the dirtiest job in town
Bendin' low at the peoples' feet,
On the windy corner of the dirty street
Well I asked him while he shined my shoes,
How'd he keep from gettin' the blues
He grinned as he raised his little head,
He popped a shoeshine rag and then he said
CHORUS 2:
[F] Hey get a rhythm, when you get the blues,
Come on, get
[Bb] a rhythm, when you get the
[F] blues
Yes a jumpy rhythm makes you feel so fine,
It'll shake all the trouble from your worried mind,
Get a
[Bb] rhythm, when
[C7] you get the
[F] blues
INSTRUMENTAL:
CHORUS 3:
[F] Hey get a rhythm, when you get the blues,
Come on, get
[Bb] a rhythm, when you get the
[F] blues
Get a rock n roll feelin' in your bones,
Get taps on your toes and get gone
Get a
[Bb] rhythm, when
[C7] you get the
[F] blues
VERSE 3:
[F] Well I sat down to listen to the shoeshine boy,
And I thought I was gonna jump for joy
Slapped on the shoe polish left and right,
He took a shoeshine rag and he held it tight
He stopped once to wipe the sweat away,
I said you're a mighty little boy to be-a workin' that way
He said I like it with a big wide grin,
Kept on a poppin' and he said again
CHORUS 4:
[F] Hey get a rhythm, when you get the blues,
Come on, get
[Bb] a rhythm, when you get the
[F] blues
It only costs a dime, just a nickle a shoe,
It does a million dollars worth of good for you
Get
[Bb] rhythm, when
[C7] you get the
[F] blues