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