Bill Parsons chords

INTRO: [E] [A] [B] [E]

#1.
[E]Gather 'round, cats, and I'll [A]tell you a story
about [B]how to become an All [A]American [E]Boy.
[E]Buy you a gittar and [A]put it in tune..[B]you'll be
rockin' and rollin' [E]soon.
[A]Impressin' the girls, [E]pickin' hot [B]licks, and [E]all
that jazz.[B]

#2.
I [E]bought me a gittar a [A]year ago..[B]learned how to play
in a [E]day or so..and all around town it was [A]well understood
that I was [B]knockin' 'em out like [E]Johnny B. Goode.
[A]Hot licks, [B]showin' off, ah, [E]number one.[B]

#3.
Well , I'd [E]practice all day and [A]up into the night..my [B]papa's
hair was [E]turnin' white..cause he didn't like [A]rock'n'roll.
He said, &[E]quot;You can stay, boy, but that's gotta go."
[A]He's a square, he [B]just didn't dig me at [E]all.[B]

#4.
So, I [E]took my gittar, [A]picks and all, and [B]bid farewell to my
[E]poor ole pa.
And I [E]split for Memphis where they [A]say, y'all..them [B]swingin'
cats are [E]havin' a ball.
[A]Sessions, [B]hot licks and all, they [E]dig me.[B]

#5.
I was [E]rockin' and boppin' and I's a [A]gettin' the breaks.
The [B]girls all said that I [E]had what it takes.
[E]When up stepped a man with a [A]big cigar..he said, "Come here,

cat..I'm gonnna make you a star.
[A]I'll put you on Bandstand, [B]buy ya a Cadillac, [E]sign here, kid.&[B]quot;

#6.
I [E]signed my name and [A]became a star, [B]havin' a ball with [E]my gittar.
[E]Driving a big long [A]Cadillac and [E]fightin' the girls off ma back.
[A]They just kept a'comin', screamin', [B]yeah..they [E]like it.[B]

#7.
So, I'd [E]pick my gittar with a [A]great big grin and the [B]money just
kept on [E]pourin' in.
But then one day my [A]Uncle Sam, he said, ([E]knock, [E]knock, [E]knock)
"Here I[A] am..Uncle Sam needs [B]you, [A]boy..I'm-a g[E]onna cut your

hair off.
&quo[A]t;Ah-take this rifle, [E]kid..gimme that gittar," yeah.


A fifties smash from Kraziekhat.