Key: E major•
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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Well, my momma met my daddy
down in Alabam'
They tied the knot so here I am
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Born on the bayou on the Texas Line
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Loved in Louisiana and raised on Jambalaya
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Verse 2
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Now before I could walk,
I had a guitar in my hand
By the time I could talk, I had my own band
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I went on the road when I was eight years old
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When I turned fifteen, I was stealing the show
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Money to burn and the girls were pretty
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It didn't take me long to learn
that I was born to boogie
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Verse 3
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When I was eighteen, I went to Hollywood
I met Elvis, and Marilyn and Johnny B. Goode
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Got my guitar painted
to dance in the California sun
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A red Cadillac having too much fun
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Verse 4
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Now we were playing them halls
and jammin' them
And we moved it on over to M.G.M.
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They said, "This is the boy
we've been telling you about"
He lit a cigar and he stuck his hand out
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Verse 5
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He said, "Son, have we got a deal for you
I'm gonna make you a star,
give you fifty thousand, too"
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I told him my momma didn't raise no fool
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I'll take your money, I'll make you a movie
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But I can tell ya right now,
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I was born to boogie
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Verse 6
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Well, my name is Bocephus,
I drink a whiskey by the gallon
And I never back down,
and I love a good challenge
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What I do now is what I did then
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I like to get down with all my rowdy friends
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Verse 7
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Now I can be sweet and I can be mean
I still got my hat and I still wear my jeans
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My shades are chrome, my guitar's steel
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If you think I won't then believe me I will
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Get down on you, baby, 'cause I ain't no rookie
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I was put here to party
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and I was born to boogie
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsE A D B F#...
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