Boppin’ The Blues Harmonica Tabs

By Carl Perkins

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

Well All them cats are
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bop-pin’ the blues
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it must be go-in’ round
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I love you ba-by but
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I must be rhy-thm bound
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Rock bop rhy-thm ‘n blues
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rock bop rhy-thm ‘n blues ba-by
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rock rock rhy-thm ‘n blues, bop!
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rock bop rhy-thm ‘n blues
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rhy-thm ‘n blues
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It must be go-in’ ‘round
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