Chords for 1959 HITS ARCHIVE: The All American Boy - Bill Parsons (Bobby Bare) (a #2 record)
Tempo:
148.7 bpm
Chords used:
B
A
E
C#m
G
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[A]
[B] [E]
Gather round, [A] cats, and I'll tell you a story about how to become an [E] all-American boy.
Buy you a guitar [A] and put it in tune,
[E] you'll be rockin' in a rollin' zone.
[A] Impressin' the girls, [B]
pickin' hot licks and all that [E]
jazz.
I bought me a guitar [A] a year ago, [B] learned how to play in a [E] day or so.
All around town it was [A] well understood that I was [B] knockin' them out like Johnny [C#m] B.
Goode.
[A]
Hot licks, [B] showin' off, ah, [E] number one.
[B] Yet I'd [E] practice all day and [A] up into the night.
My papa's hair [E] was turnin' white, because he didn't [A] like rockin' the road.
[B] He said, you can stay, [G] boy, but that's gotta go.
[A]
He was a squirt.
[B]
He just didn't dig me [E] at all.
[B] So [E] I took my guitar, [A] picks and all, [B] bid farewell to [E] my old ball.
Split from Memphis, [A] where they say all [B] them swingin' [E] cats are havin' a ball.
[A] Sessions, [B] hot licks and all.
[E] They dig me.
[B] [E] I'm rockin' and a-boppin' and [A] I forget to eat breaks.
[B] The girls all said that [E] I had what it takes.
When I upstepped a man with [A] a big cigar, he [B] said,
Come here, cat, I'm gonna make you a star.
[A] I put you on bandstand, [B] buy you a Cadillac, [E] sign you a [B] hit.
[E] I signed my name and [A] became a star, [B] havin' a ball [E] with my guitar.
Drivin' a big, [A] long Cadillac and [B] bittin' the girls off of my back.
[A] They just kept comin', [B]
screamin'.
Yeah, [E] they like it.
[B] So [E] I picked my guitar [A] with a great big grin [B] and the money just kept [E] on pourin' in.
But then one day [A] my Uncle Sam, he [B] said,
Here I am.
[A] Uncle Sam needs you, boy.
[B]
[E] I'm gonna cut your hair off.
Take this rifle, kid.
Give me that guitar.
Yeah.
[B] [E]
Gather round, [A] cats, and I'll tell you a story about how to become an [E] all-American boy.
Buy you a guitar [A] and put it in tune,
[E] you'll be rockin' in a rollin' zone.
[A] Impressin' the girls, [B]
pickin' hot licks and all that [E]
jazz.
I bought me a guitar [A] a year ago, [B] learned how to play in a [E] day or so.
All around town it was [A] well understood that I was [B] knockin' them out like Johnny [C#m] B.
Goode.
[A]
Hot licks, [B] showin' off, ah, [E] number one.
[B] Yet I'd [E] practice all day and [A] up into the night.
My papa's hair [E] was turnin' white, because he didn't [A] like rockin' the road.
[B] He said, you can stay, [G] boy, but that's gotta go.
[A]
He was a squirt.
[B]
He just didn't dig me [E] at all.
[B] So [E] I took my guitar, [A] picks and all, [B] bid farewell to [E] my old ball.
Split from Memphis, [A] where they say all [B] them swingin' [E] cats are havin' a ball.
[A] Sessions, [B] hot licks and all.
[E] They dig me.
[B] [E] I'm rockin' and a-boppin' and [A] I forget to eat breaks.
[B] The girls all said that [E] I had what it takes.
When I upstepped a man with [A] a big cigar, he [B] said,
Come here, cat, I'm gonna make you a star.
[A] I put you on bandstand, [B] buy you a Cadillac, [E] sign you a [B] hit.
[E] I signed my name and [A] became a star, [B] havin' a ball [E] with my guitar.
Drivin' a big, [A] long Cadillac and [B] bittin' the girls off of my back.
[A] They just kept comin', [B]
screamin'.
Yeah, [E] they like it.
[B] So [E] I picked my guitar [A] with a great big grin [B] and the money just kept [E] on pourin' in.
But then one day [A] my Uncle Sam, he [B] said,
Here I am.
[A] Uncle Sam needs you, boy.
[B]
[E] I'm gonna cut your hair off.
Take this rifle, kid.
Give me that guitar.
Yeah.
Key:
B
A
E
C#m
G
B
A
E
_ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ _ [B] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
Gather round, [A] cats, and I'll tell you a story about how to become an [E] all-American boy.
Buy you a guitar [A] and put it in tune, _
[E] you'll be rockin' in a rollin' zone. _
[A] _ _ Impressin' the girls, _ _ [B] _
pickin' hot licks _ and all that [E]
jazz.
_ _ _ _ I bought me a guitar [A] a year ago, [B] learned how to play in a [E] day or so.
All around town it was [A] well understood that I was [B] knockin' them out like Johnny [C#m] B.
Goode.
_ [A] _
Hot licks, _ _ _ _ [B] showin' off, _ _ _ ah, [E] number one.
_ _ _ [B] Yet I'd [E] practice all day and [A] up into the night.
My papa's hair [E] was turnin' white, because he didn't [A] like rockin' the road.
[B] He said, you can stay, [G] boy, but that's gotta go.
[A] _ _ _
He was a squirt.
_ [B] _ _ _
He just didn't dig me [E] at all. _ _
[B] _ _ So [E] I took my guitar, [A] picks and all, [B] bid farewell to [E] my old ball.
Split from Memphis, [A] where they say all [B] them swingin' [E] cats are havin' a ball.
[A] _ _ Sessions, _ _ _ _ [B] _ hot licks and all.
_ _ [E] _ They dig me.
[B] _ _ _ [E] I'm rockin' and a-boppin' and [A] I forget to eat breaks.
[B] The girls all said that [E] I had what it takes.
When I upstepped a man with [A] a big cigar, he [B] said,
Come here, cat, I'm gonna make you a star.
_ [A] _ I put you on _ bandstand, _ [B] _ buy you a Cadillac, _ _ [E] _ sign you a [B] hit.
_ _ [E] I signed my name and [A] became a star, [B] havin' a ball [E] with my guitar.
_ Drivin' a big, [A] long _ Cadillac and [B] bittin' the girls off of my back.
_ [A] They just kept _ _ comin', _ [B] _ _ _
screamin'.
Yeah, [E] they like it. _ _
[B] _ _ So [E] I picked my guitar [A] with a great big grin [B] and the money just kept [E] on pourin' in.
But then one day [A] my Uncle Sam, he [B] said, _ _ _
Here I am.
[A] _ _ Uncle Sam needs you, boy.
_ _ _ [B] _ _
_ [E] I'm gonna cut your hair off. _
_ _ _ _ _ Take this rifle, kid.
_ _ _ Give me that guitar.
_ _ _ _ _ Yeah.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [B] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
Gather round, [A] cats, and I'll tell you a story about how to become an [E] all-American boy.
Buy you a guitar [A] and put it in tune, _
[E] you'll be rockin' in a rollin' zone. _
[A] _ _ Impressin' the girls, _ _ [B] _
pickin' hot licks _ and all that [E]
jazz.
_ _ _ _ I bought me a guitar [A] a year ago, [B] learned how to play in a [E] day or so.
All around town it was [A] well understood that I was [B] knockin' them out like Johnny [C#m] B.
Goode.
_ [A] _
Hot licks, _ _ _ _ [B] showin' off, _ _ _ ah, [E] number one.
_ _ _ [B] Yet I'd [E] practice all day and [A] up into the night.
My papa's hair [E] was turnin' white, because he didn't [A] like rockin' the road.
[B] He said, you can stay, [G] boy, but that's gotta go.
[A] _ _ _
He was a squirt.
_ [B] _ _ _
He just didn't dig me [E] at all. _ _
[B] _ _ So [E] I took my guitar, [A] picks and all, [B] bid farewell to [E] my old ball.
Split from Memphis, [A] where they say all [B] them swingin' [E] cats are havin' a ball.
[A] _ _ Sessions, _ _ _ _ [B] _ hot licks and all.
_ _ [E] _ They dig me.
[B] _ _ _ [E] I'm rockin' and a-boppin' and [A] I forget to eat breaks.
[B] The girls all said that [E] I had what it takes.
When I upstepped a man with [A] a big cigar, he [B] said,
Come here, cat, I'm gonna make you a star.
_ [A] _ I put you on _ bandstand, _ [B] _ buy you a Cadillac, _ _ [E] _ sign you a [B] hit.
_ _ [E] I signed my name and [A] became a star, [B] havin' a ball [E] with my guitar.
_ Drivin' a big, [A] long _ Cadillac and [B] bittin' the girls off of my back.
_ [A] They just kept _ _ comin', _ [B] _ _ _
screamin'.
Yeah, [E] they like it. _ _
[B] _ _ So [E] I picked my guitar [A] with a great big grin [B] and the money just kept [E] on pourin' in.
But then one day [A] my Uncle Sam, he [B] said, _ _ _
Here I am.
[A] _ _ Uncle Sam needs you, boy.
_ _ _ [B] _ _
_ [E] I'm gonna cut your hair off. _
_ _ _ _ _ Take this rifle, kid.
_ _ _ Give me that guitar.
_ _ _ _ _ Yeah.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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