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Jive After Five - Carl Perkins Chords

Chords: After, Charts, A, D, E, A7

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Jive After Five:Carl Perkins.
#10 on Rocck Charts on COLUMBIA Records
in 1958.
INTRO: A

#1.
A
I work all day as a soda jerk..on my feet all the time

and oh, man, how they hurt.
D A
Don't make much, but I sure get the news..I don't have

much time for gettin' the blues.
D A
My friends drop in for sodas and pop, they're all talking,

fancy about a new record hop.

#2.
D A
All day long I'm a-fillin' orders..takin' in nickels, dimes

and quarters.
D A
Cherry sodas and a chocolate shake, strawberry sundaes and a

lemon phosphate.
E A
Time to clean the fountain, 'cause it's almost five..you know me,

dad, after five I jive.
CHORUS:
A
I wanna jive, uh-huh-huh-huh, I wanna jive..ooo-hooo-hooo-hooo,
D A
I wanna jive, yes, after five.
E A
uh-huh-ho-ho, I wanna jive, man alive, after five.

#3.
A
Well, I mop the floor and I wipe the counter..I just work here dad,

I'm not the founder.
D A
I keep a-workin' and a-watchin' the clock..a-peepin' out the window

for my baby to stop.
E A
We'll head out of town to a little night dive..because you know me dad,

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