Chords for All American Boy - Bobby Bare
Tempo:
148.95 bpm
Chords used:
E
B
A
Abm
Bb
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[E] [A]
[Abm] [E]
Yeah, the round captain, [A] I'll tell you a story [Abm] about how to become an [E] All-American boy.
[Dbm] Buy you a guitar [A] and put it in gear.
[B]
You'll be [Bb] rockin' in a rollin' zone.
[A]
Impressin' the girls.
[B]
Pickin' hot licks and all [E] that jazz.
[B] [E] I bought me a [Dbm] guitar [A] a year ago.
[B] Learned how to play [E] in a day or so.
All around town it [A] was well understood that I [B] was talkin' them [D] out like Johnny [Bb] B.
Goode.
[A]
Hot licks, [B] showin' off.
[E] My papa was.
[B] Yeah, [E] I'd practice all day [A] and up into the night.
[Abm] My papa's hair [E] was turnin' white.
Cause he didn't like [A] rockin' in a roll.
[B] He said, you can [E] stay, boy, but that's gotta go.
[A]
He didn't sweat.
[B]
He just didn't dig me [E] at all.
[B] So [E] I took my guitar, [A] fixin' on.
[B] Bid farewell to [E] my poor pa.
Split from Memphis, [A] where they say all [B] them [Bb] swingin' cats are havin' a ball.
[A] Said, [B] hot licks and all.
[E] They dig me.
[B] [E] Poppin' and [A] I was gettin' breaks.
[B] The girls all [Abm] said that [E] I had what it takes.
When I stepped to the man with the [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 here, [B] kid.
[E] I signed the name and [A] became a star.
[B] Havin' a ball [E] with my guitar.
Drivin' a big, [A]
long Cadillac.
[E] Fightin' the girls off of my back.
[A] They just kept comin'.
[B] Screamin'.
Yeah, [E] they liked it.
I [B] [E] picked my guitar [A] with a great big grin.
[B] And the money just kept [E] on pourin' in.
Then one day [A] my Uncle Sam, he [B] says,
[N] 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.
[Abm] [E]
Yeah, the round captain, [A] I'll tell you a story [Abm] about how to become an [E] All-American boy.
[Dbm] Buy you a guitar [A] and put it in gear.
[B]
You'll be [Bb] rockin' in a rollin' zone.
[A]
Impressin' the girls.
[B]
Pickin' hot licks and all [E] that jazz.
[B] [E] I bought me a [Dbm] guitar [A] a year ago.
[B] Learned how to play [E] in a day or so.
All around town it [A] was well understood that I [B] was talkin' them [D] out like Johnny [Bb] B.
Goode.
[A]
Hot licks, [B] showin' off.
[E] My papa was.
[B] Yeah, [E] I'd practice all day [A] and up into the night.
[Abm] My papa's hair [E] was turnin' white.
Cause he didn't like [A] rockin' in a roll.
[B] He said, you can [E] stay, boy, but that's gotta go.
[A]
He didn't sweat.
[B]
He just didn't dig me [E] at all.
[B] So [E] I took my guitar, [A] fixin' on.
[B] Bid farewell to [E] my poor pa.
Split from Memphis, [A] where they say all [B] them [Bb] swingin' cats are havin' a ball.
[A] Said, [B] hot licks and all.
[E] They dig me.
[B] [E] Poppin' and [A] I was gettin' breaks.
[B] The girls all [Abm] said that [E] I had what it takes.
When I stepped to the man with the [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 here, [B] kid.
[E] I signed the name and [A] became a star.
[B] Havin' a ball [E] with my guitar.
Drivin' a big, [A]
long Cadillac.
[E] Fightin' the girls off of my back.
[A] They just kept comin'.
[B] Screamin'.
Yeah, [E] they liked it.
I [B] [E] picked my guitar [A] with a great big grin.
[B] And the money just kept [E] on pourin' in.
Then one day [A] my Uncle Sam, he [B] says,
[N] 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:
E
B
A
Abm
Bb
E
B
A
[E] _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ [Abm] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
Yeah, the round captain, [A] I'll tell you a story [Abm] about how to become an [E] All-American boy.
[Dbm] Buy you a guitar [A] and put it in gear.
[B]
You'll be [Bb] rockin' in a rollin' zone.
[A] _
_ Impressin' the girls.
_ [B] _
Pickin' hot licks and all [E] that jazz.
_ [B] _ _ _ [E] I bought me a [Dbm] guitar [A] a year ago.
[B] Learned how to play [E] in a day or so.
All around town it [A] was well understood that I [B] was talkin' them [D] out like Johnny [Bb] B.
Goode.
[A] _ _
Hot licks, _ _ _ [B] showin' off.
_ _ _ _ [E] My papa was.
_ [B] _ _ Yeah, [E] I'd practice all day [A] and up into the night.
_ [Abm] My papa's hair [E] was turnin' white.
Cause he didn't like [A] _ rockin' in a roll.
[B] He said, you can [E] stay, boy, but that's gotta go.
[A] _ _ _
He didn't sweat.
_ [B] _ _ _
He just didn't dig me [E] at all. _ _
[B] _ _ So [E] I took my guitar, [A] _ fixin' on.
[B] Bid farewell to [E] my poor pa.
_ Split from Memphis, [A] where they say all [B] them [Bb] swingin' cats are havin' a ball.
_ [A] _ _ Said, _ _ _ _ [B] _ hot licks and all.
_ _ [E] _ They dig me.
[B] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ Poppin' and [A] I was gettin' breaks.
[B] The girls all [Abm] said that [E] I had what it takes.
When I stepped to the man with the [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 here, [B] kid.
_ _ [E] I signed the name and [A] became a star.
[B] Havin' a ball [E] with my guitar.
_ Drivin' a big, [A]
long _ Cadillac.
[E] Fightin' the girls off of my back.
_ [A] They just kept comin'.
_ _ _ [B] _ _ Screamin'.
_ Yeah, [E] they liked it.
I [B] _ _ _ _ [E] picked my guitar [A] with a great big grin.
[B] And the money just kept [E] on pourin' in.
Then one day [A] my Uncle Sam, he [B] says, _ _ _
[N] 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. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Abm] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
Yeah, the round captain, [A] I'll tell you a story [Abm] about how to become an [E] All-American boy.
[Dbm] Buy you a guitar [A] and put it in gear.
[B]
You'll be [Bb] rockin' in a rollin' zone.
[A] _
_ Impressin' the girls.
_ [B] _
Pickin' hot licks and all [E] that jazz.
_ [B] _ _ _ [E] I bought me a [Dbm] guitar [A] a year ago.
[B] Learned how to play [E] in a day or so.
All around town it [A] was well understood that I [B] was talkin' them [D] out like Johnny [Bb] B.
Goode.
[A] _ _
Hot licks, _ _ _ [B] showin' off.
_ _ _ _ [E] My papa was.
_ [B] _ _ Yeah, [E] I'd practice all day [A] and up into the night.
_ [Abm] My papa's hair [E] was turnin' white.
Cause he didn't like [A] _ rockin' in a roll.
[B] He said, you can [E] stay, boy, but that's gotta go.
[A] _ _ _
He didn't sweat.
_ [B] _ _ _
He just didn't dig me [E] at all. _ _
[B] _ _ So [E] I took my guitar, [A] _ fixin' on.
[B] Bid farewell to [E] my poor pa.
_ Split from Memphis, [A] where they say all [B] them [Bb] swingin' cats are havin' a ball.
_ [A] _ _ Said, _ _ _ _ [B] _ hot licks and all.
_ _ [E] _ They dig me.
[B] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ Poppin' and [A] I was gettin' breaks.
[B] The girls all [Abm] said that [E] I had what it takes.
When I stepped to the man with the [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 here, [B] kid.
_ _ [E] I signed the name and [A] became a star.
[B] Havin' a ball [E] with my guitar.
_ Drivin' a big, [A]
long _ Cadillac.
[E] Fightin' the girls off of my back.
_ [A] They just kept comin'.
_ _ _ [B] _ _ Screamin'.
_ Yeah, [E] they liked it.
I [B] _ _ _ _ [E] picked my guitar [A] with a great big grin.
[B] And the money just kept [E] on pourin' in.
Then one day [A] my Uncle Sam, he [B] says, _ _ _
[N] 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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