Key: Bb major
Verse 1
B
When I get the blues,
E
B
E
B
E
B
get me a rockin' chair
E
When I get the blues,
B
get me a rockin' chair
F#
Well, if the blues overtake,
B
gonna rock me away from here
Verse 2
B
When I get lonesome,
I jump on the telephone
E
When I get lonesome,
C#m
E
I jump on the telephone
B
F#
Well, I call my baby,
E
B
say I'm on my way back home
Verse 3
B
Flip, flop and fly
You know the reason why
E
C#m
E
Said flip, flop and fly
B
F#
Please, don't you make me cry
C#m
E
Don't ever leave me,
F#
E
B
don't ever say goodbye
Verse 4
B
I'm like a Mississippi bullfrog,
sittin' on a hollow stump
E
I'm like a Mississippi bullfrog,
B
sittin' on a hollow stump
F#
Got so many women,
E
B
I don't know which way to jump
Verse 5
B
Well so flip, flop and fly
You know the reason why
E
C#m
E
Said flip, flop and fly
B
C#m
You're gonna get me high
F#
E
Don't ever leave me, don't ever say goodbye
Interlude 1
B
E
B
E
B
E
B
E
F#
E
F#m
F#
B
E
B
E
B
E
B
C#m
B
E
F#
E
B
G#m
B
Verse 6
B
G#m
Give me one kiss, baby,
B
and hold it a long long time
E
Give me just one kiss,
C#m
E
Bm
B
hold it a long long time
F#
E
I wanna feel that kiss go
B
to my head like wine
Verse 7
B
Well flip, flop and fly
You know the reason why
E
C#m
E
Said flip, flop and fly
B
I'm reaching for the sky
C#m
E
Don't ever leave me,
don't ever say goodbye
B
Verse 8
Said flip, flop and fly
You know the reason why
E
C#m
E
C#m
B
E
Said flip, flop an d fly
B
E
You're gonna get me high
C#m
E
F#
E
Don't ever leave me, don't ever say goodbye
Interlude 2
B
E
Bm
B
E
B
C#m
E
F#
B
E
B
G#m
E
B
E
Verse 9
B
Here comes my baby,
E
B
flashin' her new gold tooth
E
Here comes my baby,
B
flashin' her new gold tooth
F#
E
Well she looks so good now standing
in a pay phone booth
B
F#
B
Verse 10
B
Flip, flop and fly
E
You know the reason why
Flip, flop and fly
B
F#
E
Don't you leave me high and dry
C#m
E
Don't ever leave me,
don't ever say goodbye
B
E
Verse 11
B
Flip, flop and fly
You know the reason why
E
Flip, flop and fly
B
You're gonna get me high
C#m
E
Don't ever leave me,
F#
B
don't ever say goodbye
E
Verse 12
B
Flip, flop and fly
B
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