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Get Rhythm

Johnny Cash
Bass Tab
★3.6(3)

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Song

Get Rythm

by Johnny Cash

     G---------------------------0---0---0---0---0---0---0-------------------|
     D-3-0-3-0-3-0-3-0-3-0-3-0-3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3-0-3-0-3-0-3-0-3-|
     A-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
     E-----------------------------------------------------------------------|

Heeeey, get rhythm...

     G---------------------0---0---0---0---0---0---0-------------------------|
     D-0-3-0-3-0-3-0-3-0-3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3-0---------------------|
     A---------------------------------------------------3-0---3---3---3---3-|
     E-------------------------------------------------------1---1---1---1---|
     G-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
     D-----------------------------------------------------3-0-3-0-3-0-3-0-3-|
     A---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3-------------------|
     E-1---1---1---1---1---1---1---1---1---1---1---1---1---------------------|
     G-------------0---0---0---0---0---0---0---------------------------------|
     D-0-3-0-3-0-3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3-0-3-0-3-0-3-0-3-0-3-0-3-0-3-0-|
     A-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
     E-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
     G-------0---0---0---0---0---0---0---------------------------------------|
     D-3-0-3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3-0-----------------------------------|
     A-------------------------------------3-0-------------------------------|
     E-----------------------------------------1-----------------------------|

That's how the singing part goes.

SOLO:

     E-5-8-13-13-8-5-8-13-13-8-5-8-13-13-8-5-8-13-13-8-----------------------|
     B-------------------------------------------------3-6-11-11-6-3-6-11-11-|
     B-6-3-6-11-11-6-3-6-11-11-6---------------------------------------------|
     G-----------------------------------------------------0---0---0---0-----|
     D---------------------------3-0-3-0-3-0-3-0-3-0-3-0-3---3---3---3---3-3-|
     G---0-0-0-0-1-1-0------------------|
     D-3---------------3-0--------------|
     A---------------------3-0----------| and so on
     E-------------------------1-3-1-3--|

THE LYRICS:

Hey, get rhythm when you get the blues, come on, get rhythm when you get the

blues. a rock 'n roll feelin in your bones put taps on your toes and get gone, get

rhythm when

get the blues.

A little shoeshine boy, he never did slow down but he's got the dirtiest

job in Bendin low at the people's feet on a windy corner of a dirty street.

Well, I asked him he shined my shoes, how'd he keep from gettin the blues?

He grinned as he raised his little head, he popped his shoeshine rag and then

he said get rhythm when you get the blues, come

get rhythm when you get the blues. A jumpy rhythm makes you feel so fine it'll

shake all the trouble from your worried mind, get rhythm when you get the blues.

SOLO

Get rhythm when you get the blues come on, get rhythm when you get the blues.

Get a 'n roll feelin in your bones, put taps on your toes and get gone, get rhythm

when you the blues.

Well, I sat and I listened to the shoeshine boy and I thought I was gonna

jump with He slapped on the shoe polish left and right, took his shoeshine rag

and he held it He stopped once to wipe his sweat away, I said you're a mighty

little boy to be workin that way. He said I like it with a big wide grin, kept

on poppin and he said again get rhythm

you get the blues, come on, get rhythm when you get the blues. It only costs a

dime, just a nickel a shoe, it does a million dollars worth of good for you, get

rhythm when you get the blues.

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