Tonart: D major•
Verse 1
D
Let
Me
Tell
You
G
A
D
C
A
Dm
Bb
A
Dm
C
I
Bb
Know
A
Dm
Bb
me tell you about a boy I know
A
Dm
A
The folks all called him
Joe
A
D
G
He was long and lean and thin
A
And he didn't have a lot
D
of whiskers on his chin
A
D
Dm
Bb
His hair was slick as a horse's mane
A
D
Dm
Bb
A
He shone like a headlight on a train.
D
G
Life to him was vodo -de -o,
Jitterbug
D
Joe.
F#
Bm
His high school grades were awful,
F#
and they never did improve.
Bm
E
A
But when it come to dancing,
he could do the boogie -woogie
and be right in the groove.
D
C
Bb
He took first prize at the county fair
A
D
Dm
C
Bb
for dancing longer than anyone there.
A
D
But he'd go to sleep on
Jitterbug
D
G
A
Joe.
D
Dm
C
Bb
A
Dm
C
Bb
A
Dm
Bb
A
The old town gossips shook their head,
D
A
And said, my, my, it's just too bad.
D
Bm
G
Puts grease in his hair, the little brat.
A
He'll never be nothing but
C
Dm
Bb
A
Yellow tie and checkered socks.
D
C
He sure is head and right
Dm
Bb
square for the rocks.
A
D
Bm
G
If he was mine, I'd lay down the rule.
A
D
I'd send him to a reform school.
Then
F#
Bm
Joe left town one midnight.
F#
And didn't they all ha -ha?
Bm
E
They smiled and smirked
He's gone and done something
and he's dodging the law.
Dm
Just a bunch of buzzards
Bb
A
looking smug,
D
Dm
C
Another grave they
Bb
A
thought they'd dug,
D
G
But several things they didn't know
Jitterbug
D
G
A
Joe.
D
Dm
C
Bb
A
Dm
Bb
A
D
Dm
C
A
Dm
Bb
A year went by, and then one day, as the buzzards met in their usu al way,
A
D
C
G
A
to mull over gossip old and new, a man walked up and said,
A
D
C
Bb
A
Three bright stripes were on his arm.
Dm
Bb
A
A medal was pinned on his uniform.
Dm
D
G
His eyes were clear and his voice was low.
It was
A
Sergeant
Jitterbug
D
Joe.
F#
Bm
Oh, you old gossip mongers,
F#
don't your tongues ever
E
If it wasn't for kids just like
Joe,
you'd be heiling
A
Hitler in a concentration camp.
D
Dm
They're out there fighting
C
Bb
while you sit around
A
D
Dm
C
with nothing to do but
Dm
Bb
A
run folks down.
D
G
Take off your hats and bow down low
Jitterbug
D
G
A
Joe.
D
You
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