Boppin' The Blues

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How to read this tab — notation key

+: Blow note
−: Draw note
b or ': Half-step bend
bb or '': Two half-step bend
bbb or ''': Three half-step bend
(###): Chord — relevant hole numbers in parentheses
< or *: Push the button in (chromatic harmonica)

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Tab

BOPPIN’ THE BLUES
By Carl Perkins

Well all my friends are
-3    4  -4   -3    -2*
Bop-pin' the blues
-3  -3   -3    4
it must be go-in' ‘round
-2* -3  -4 4  -2*    -3
All my friends are 
4   -4   -3    -2*
Bop-pin' the blues
-3  -3   -3    4
it must be go-in' ‘round
-4  -4  -4 4  -3    -3

I love you ba-by but 
-4 -4   -3 -4 -4 -4
I must be rhy-thm bound
-3 -4  -4  4  -3   -3
Well the doc-tor told me 
-6*   6  -6* -3   4   -4
“Carl you don't need no pills.”
4     -3   -4     4  -3  -3
yeah the doc-tor told me 
6    -5   6  -5   4   -3
“Boy you don't need no pills.
4     -3  -4    4   -3  -3
Just a hand-ful of nick-els 
-4  -3  4    4  -3  4    4
the juke-box will cure your ills.”
-3   4    4   -3   4    -3   -3
Well all my friends are 
4     4  -4   -3    -2*
bop-pin' the blues
-3  -3   -3   4
it must be go-in' ‘round
-2* -3  -4 4 -2*    -3 
All them cats are 
4    -4  -3   -2*
bop-pin' the blues
-3  -3   -3    4
it must be go-in' round
-4  -4  -4 4  -3   -3
I love you ba-by but
-4 -4  -3  -4 -4  -4 
I must be rhy-thm bound
-3 -4  -4  4  -3   -3
Well the ol’ cat bug bit me 
-6*   6  -6* -3  -3   4  -4
man I don't feel no pain
4   -3  -4    4  -3  -3
Yeah that jit-ter bug caught me 
6     -5   6  -5  -5    4    -3
man I don't feel no pain
4  -3  -4    4   -3  -3
I   still love you ba-by
-4-3  4    4   -3  4  4
but I'll nev-er be the same
-3   4    4  -3 4  -3   -3
Spoken: yeah

Well All them cats are 
4    4    -4  -3   -2*
bop-pin' the blues
-3  -3   -3    4
it must be go-in' round
-4  -4  -4 4  -3   -3
I love you ba-by but
-4 -4  -3  -4 -4  -4 
I must be rhy-thm bound
-3 -4  -4  4  -3   -3
 

Rock bop rhy-thm 'n blues
-3   -3  -3  -2* -3  4
rock bop rhy-thm 'n blues ba-by
-3   -3   4   4  -3   4   -3 -3
rock rock rhy-thm 'n blues, bop!
4      4  -3  -3  -3  4     -6*
rock bop rhy-thm 'n blues
-3   -3  -3  -3  -3  4
rhy-thm 'n blues  
-5  -5   5  -5
It must be go-in' ‘round      
6   7   6  -5  5   6 -3

2 -2* 3* -3

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