Luther Played The Boogie:Johnny Cash.
Album - Greatest! - on SUN Records in 1959.
The single hit #8 on Country Charts and was
a crossover hit. (Luther Perkins was the guitar
player in The Tennessee Three, Cash's back-up band.
Perkins was responsible for developing the Johnny
Cash 'sound.')
INTRO:
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#1.
F
We were just a plain ol' hillbilly band with a plain
old country style.
F C
We never played the kind of songs that'd drive anybody
wild.
F Fm Bb
Played a railroad song with a stomping beat, we played
F
a blues song kinda slow and sweet.
G C
But the thing that knocked them off their feet was, ooh-wee!!
CHORUS:
F
When Luther played the boogie-woogie..Luther played the
boogie-woogie.
Luther played the boogie-woogie..Luther played the
boogie-woogie.
Bb
Luther played the boogie-woogie..Luther played the
boogie-woogie.
F
Luther played the boogie-woogie..Luther played the
C F
boogie in the strangest kind of way..(play it strange!)
SOLO:
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#2.
F Fm F
Well, we did our best to entertain everywhere we'd go.
F C
We'd nearly wear our fingers off to give the folks a show.
F Bb
Played jumping jive to make 'em get in the groove, we played sad
songs real slow and smooth.
G C
But the only thing that'd make 'em move was, ooh-wee!!
CHORUS:
F
When Luther played the boogie-woogie..Luther played the
boogie-woogie.
Luther played the boogie-woogie..Luther played the
boogie-woogie.
Bb
Luther played the boogie-woogie..Luther played the
boogie-woogie.
F
Luther played the boogie-woogie..Luther played the
C F
boogie in the strangest kind of way.
SOLO:
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F
Now, didn't Luther play the boogie strange?
OUTRO:
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A fifties smash from Kraziekhat.