Rock City Boogie chords by Tennessee Ernie Ford

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Verse 1
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C 
 (C major) Atop a lookout mountain  (F major) up  (C major) in
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C 
 (F major) Chattanooga  (C major) 
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C 
 (F major) Every (C major) body's doin' the
Rock
City
Boogie
F 
Now  (F major) you should take your baby
C 
An (C major) d  I don't mean maybe
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Dm 
G 
 (G major) Cause every (D minor) body's  (G major) doin' the
Rock
Dm 
City  (D minor) 
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C 
 (G major) Boogie now  (C major) 
It started with the
Charleston, then the
Susie
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Along came the
Square
Dance, the
Freddie
Merrell through
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So  (F major) drivin' down that highway
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Make  (C major) sure you go my way
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 (G major) To
Gm 
 (G minor) Lookout
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 (G major) Mountain and
Rock
City
C 
Boogie with me  (C major) 
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Dm 
F 
C 
 (F major) And if you take your  (D minor) baby  (F major) by  (C major) the hand
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And  (F major) head for
Rock
C 
City she'll  (C major) understand
Tell
F 
 (F major) Mama she's spendin' the
C 
night  (C major) with a friend
Am 
C 
D 
G 
She  (A minor)  (C major) won't  (D major) be home until dawn  (G major) 
C 
I'll  (C major) meet you on the
mountain up in
Chattanooga
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C 
 (F major) Every (C major) body's doin' the
Rock
City
Boogie
F 
So  (F major) if you take your baby,
C 
then  (C major) she won't mean maybe
Gm 
G 
She'll  (G minor) keep on doin'  (G major) the
Rock
Dm 
City  (D minor) 
C 
F 
Gm 
Bb 
Boogie with  (C major) you  (F major)  (G minor)  (B flat major) 
Gm 
 (G minor) 
Bb 
C 
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 (B flat major)  (C major)  (F major) 
C 
G 
F 
Dm 
G 
 (C major)  (G major)  (F major)  (D minor)  (G major) 
C 
 (C major) 
F 
C 
And  (F major) if you take your baby by  (C major) the hand
F 
And  (F major) head for
Rock
C 
City she'll  (C major) understand
F 
Tell  (F major) mama I'm spending
C 
the night  (C major) with a friend
D 
G 
She  (D major) won't be home until  (G major) dawn
C 
I'll  (C major) meet you on the
mountain up in
Chattanooga
Everybody's doin' the
Rock
City
Boogie
F 
So  (F major) if you take your baby
C 
Then  (C major) she won't mean maybe
G 
Gm 
G 
She'll  (G major) keep  (G minor) on   doin'  (G major) the
Rock
City
C 
Boogie with you  (C major) 
I'm gonna take my baby by the hand
And head for
Rock
City she'll understand
C 
Head (C major) in' down the highway,
no way but highway,
Rock
C 
City, boogie with me!  (C major) 