Rock-A-Billy Boy chords by Mel McDaniel

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Intro 1

Verse 1
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Grew up
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poor in the heart of the South
Livin' there a day from
hand to mouth
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Nobody said, what'll you be
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A  farmer's life lay ahead of me
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One afternoon we drove into town
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Something turned my young life around
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We heard a rumble up in the east,
looked up the road and what
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did we see?
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Rockabilly boys,
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burnin' up the highway
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Rockabilly boys,
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makin' people wanna dance
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Rockabilly boys,
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stirrin' up a good time
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I  said, oh mama,
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I wanna be a rockabilly boy
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I said, Daddy, wouldn't it  be great
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To travel this world in a Ford V8?
We watched them while they
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unpacked the car
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With bass and drums and a white guitar
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They played money, honey,
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and blue suede shoes
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And we all stayed till the dance was through
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I fell asleep ridin' home in a truck
Tappin' my foot and
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dreamin' I was
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Rockabilly boy,
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burnin' up the highway
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Rockabilly boy,
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makin' people wanna dance
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Rockabilly boy,
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stirrin' up a good time
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I  said, oh mama, I wanna be a rockabilly
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boy
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Rockabilly boy,
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you sure have a good time
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I said, oh mama, I wanna be
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I said, oh mama, I wanna be
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I said, oh mama, I wanna be
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A rockabilly boy
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