Jukies Ball

| Ab7 Db | Gb7 B | F7 | Bb | | G7 C | Eb7 Bb| E7 | A | | Gb7 B | E7 A | Eb7 | Ab | | F7 Bb | Eb7 Ab | | G7 | G7 | (3rd fret) Cm G7 I remember the night when the Jukies were havin a ball (boodly-bop,what a ball) Cm G7 Ev'ry hipster in town and brother was there with a doll (boodly-bop,what a doll) Cm G7 and Billy the Bootblack was leading the band on that night (boodly-bop,what a night) Cm G7 into its 99th chorus with no end in sight (boodly-bop, outta sight) Ab7 G7 Ab7 G7 and Harry the Alto was drivin' em mad with his sound (boodly-bop, what a sound) Cm G7 not to mention the drinks and the things that were being passed 'round (boodly-bop, round and round) Cm G7 The occasion was one which would not be repeated again (boodly-bop, not again) Cm G7 For one certain hipster the party came to be the end (boodly-bop, it was the end) Ab7 Db G7 C F7 Bb And the joint kept jumpin as the jukies were havin a ball G7 C Gb7 B E7 A And when the Juke Joint's jumping there aint no sanity at all Gb7 B F7 Bb Eb7 Ab They kept on jitterbuggin' As the crowd came to a roar F7 Bb Eb7 A D7 G7 They did not even notice There was a dead man on the floor | Cm | Cm | G7 | G7 | | Cm | Cm | G7 | G7 | | Ab7 G7 | Ab7 G7 | G7 | G7 | | Cm | Cm | G7 | G7 | Cm G7 Now Jackson the gun had to show up late that fateful night (boodly-bop, what night?) Cm G7 'Bout the time Eagle Johnson was well on his was gettin' tight (boodly-bop, real uptight) Cm G7 And Jackson and Johnson were known to be quite out of sorts (boodly-bop, outta sorts) Cm G7 And occasion'ly fought when they met accor-ding to reports (boodly-bop, what reports) Ab7 G7 Ab7 G7 As Jackson the gun entered who did he have on his arm? (boodly-bop, what arm?) Cm G7 None other than Lily, the girl who had known Eagle's charms (boodly-bop, and his charms) Cm G7 It would never have reached Jackson's mind to become so undone (boodly-bop, so undone) Cm G7 But apparently Johnson got a little too free with his tongue (boodly-bop, what a tongue!) Ab7 Db G7 C F7 Bb But the joint kept jumpin as the jukies were havin a ball G7 C Gb7 B E7 A And when the Juke Joint's jumping there aint no sanity at all Gb7 B F7 Bb Eb7 Ab They kept on jitterbuggin' As the crowd came to a roar F7 Bb Eb7 A D7 G7 They did not even notice There was a dead man on the floor | Ab7 Db | Gb7 B | F7 | Bb | | G7 C | Eb7 Bb| E7 | A | | Gb7 B | E7 A | Eb7 | Ab | | F7 Bb | Eb7 Ab | | G7 | G7 | Ab7 G7 Ab7 G7 G7 Not even the Bootblack is sure what is was that was said Cm G7 It was mostly in jive but seemed to leave one hipster dead Cm G7 As Harry the Alto was in chorus Three hundred ten (boodly-bop, three hundred ten) Cm G7 Jackson was makin sure Johnson was nearin the end (boodly-bop, it was the end) Ab7 Db G7 C F7 Bb But the joint kept jumpin as the jukies were havin a ball G7 C Gb7 B E7 A And when the Juke Joint's jumping there aint no sanity at all Gb7 B F7 Bb Eb7 Ab They kept on jitterbuggin' As the crowd came to a roar F7 Bb Eb7 A D7 G7 They did not even notice There was a dead man on the floor