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