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            Luther Played The Boogie:Johnny Cash.
Album - Greatest! - on SUN Records in 1959.
The single hit #8 on Country Charts and was
a crossover hit. (Luther Perkins was the guitar
player in The Tennessee Three, Cash's back-up band.
Perkins was responsible for developing the Johnny 
Cash 'sound.')
INTRO:
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#1.
F
We were just a plain ol' hillbilly band with a plain 
old country style.
F                                        C
We never played the kind of songs that'd drive anybody 
wild.
F            Fm               Bb
Played a railroad song with a stomping beat, we played 
  F
a blues song kinda slow and sweet.
        G                                           C
But the thing that knocked them off their feet was, ooh-wee!!
CHORUS:
     F
When Luther played the boogie-woogie..Luther played the
boogie-woogie.
Luther played the boogie-woogie..Luther played the 
boogie-woogie.
Bb
Luther played the boogie-woogie..Luther played the 
boogie-woogie.
F
Luther played the boogie-woogie..Luther played the 
              C                 F
boogie in the strangest kind of way..(play it strange!)
SOLO:
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#2.
F                                       Fm    F
Well, we did our best to entertain everywhere we'd go.
F                                            C
We'd nearly wear our fingers off to give the folks a show.
       F                                                     Bb
Played jumping jive to make 'em get in the groove, we played sad 
songs real slow and smooth.
        G                                    C
But the only thing that'd make 'em move was, ooh-wee!!
CHORUS:
     F
When Luther played the boogie-woogie..Luther played the
boogie-woogie.
Luther played the boogie-woogie..Luther played the 
boogie-woogie.
Bb
Luther played the boogie-woogie..Luther played the 
boogie-woogie.
F
Luther played the boogie-woogie..Luther played the 
              C                 F
boogie in the strangest kind of way.
SOLO:
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F
Now, didn't Luther play the boogie strange?
OUTRO:
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A fifties smash from Kraziekhat. 
        
                