NOTE: C5 = x35xxx G5 = 35xxxx
Intro: (C5) (C5) (C5) (C5)
(C5) Next to Lousiana on the Texas side
There's a (C5) little country joint where they let it ride
There's a (C5) boogie woogie man on the piano
And all the (G5) backwoods boppers shoutin' (C5) go cat go
They've (F) never been afraid of the (C) Boogie Man
Nothin' (G) makes you feel better than the (C) boogie woogie can
So (F) don't you be afraid of the (C) Boogie Man
He'll take you (D) down to New Orleans
Where that (G) rhythm all began
So (F) don't you
(G) Don't you be afraid of the Boogie (C) Man
(C5) Grandpa's in the corner in his fishing clothes
(C5) Reeling to the rhythm everywhere it goes
All the (C5) boogie woogie babies tearing up the floor
When they (G5) get a little bit, they want a (C5) little more
They've (F) never been afraid of the (C) Boogie Man
Nothin' (G) makes you feel better than the (C) boogie woogie can
So (F) don't you be afraid of the (C) Boogie Man
He'll take you (D) down to New Orleans
Where that (G) rhythm all began
So (F) don't you
(G) Don't you be afraid of the Boogie (C) Man
In a (C5) red El Dorado at the break of day
That (C5) Boogie Woogie man will be slipping away
Althought you're (C5) never gonna know it when he's out of sight
He'll shut a (G5) juke box down again tom(C5)orrow night
They've (F) never been afraid of the (C) Boogie Man
Nothin' (G) makes you feel better than the (C) boogie woogie can
So (F) don't you be afraid of the (C) Boogie Man
He'll take you (D) down to New Orleans
Where that (G) rhythm all began
It (F) works for me, it'll (C) work for you
He'll have you (D) doing things
That you (G) didn't know you knew
So (F) don't you
(G) Don't you be afraid
Now (F) don't ya
(G) Don't you be afraid of the (C5) Boogie Man
Fade out...
2004, equity records
Submitted by: Christopher R.
March 20, 2004