{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1686709,"song":"The All American Boy - Bill Parsons","artist":"Misc Unsigned Bands","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11353597-the-all-american-boy-bill-parsons-chords-by-misc-unsigned-bands/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1686709?type=chord","rating":0,"votes":0,"content":"The All American Boy:Bill Parsons.\r\n(Bobby Bare was the actual singer.)\r\n#2 on BB Hot 100 on FRATERNITY Records\r\n1n 1958. (Parsons lip-synched the song on TV\r\nand somehow his name was put on the record.)\r\n(Inspired by Elvis Presley being drafted \r\n into the army.)\r\n\r\n\r\nINTRO: [ch]E[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]B[/ch] [ch]E[/ch]\r\n\r\n#1.\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                             [ch]A[/ch]\r\nGather 'round, cats, and I'll tell you a story[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]B[/ch]                    [ch]A[/ch]        [ch]E[/ch]\r\nabout how to become an All American Boy.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                    [ch]A[/ch]               [ch]B[/ch]\r\nBuy you a gittar and put it in tune..you'll be [/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]E[/ch]\r\nrockin' and rollin' soon.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                     [ch]E[/ch]           [ch]B[/ch]          [ch]E[/ch]\r\nImpressin' the girls, pickin' hot licks, and all [/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]B[/ch]\r\nthat jazz.[/tab]\r\n\r\n#2.\r\n[tab]  [ch]E[/ch]                    [ch]A[/ch]         [ch]B[/ch]\r\nI bought me a gittar a year ago..learned how to play [/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]E[/ch]                                     [ch]A[/ch]\r\nin a day or so..and all around town it was well understood[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]B[/ch]                     [ch]E[/ch]\r\nthat I was knockin' 'em out like Johnny B. Goode.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]          [ch]B[/ch]                [ch]E[/ch]          [ch]B[/ch]\r\nHot licks, showin' off, ah, number one.[/tab]\r\n\r\n#3.\r\n[tab]           [ch]E[/ch]                    [ch]A[/ch]                     [ch]B[/ch]\r\nWell , I'd practice all day and up into the night..my papa's [/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]E[/ch]                                   [ch]A[/ch]\r\nhair was turnin' white..cause he didn't like rock'n'roll.[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]E[/ch]\r\nHe said, \"You can stay, boy, but that's gotta go.\"[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                 [ch]B[/ch]                     [ch]E[/ch]   [ch]B[/ch]\r\nHe's a square, he just didn't dig me at all.[/tab]\r\n\r\n#4.\r\n[tab]      [ch]E[/ch]               [ch]A[/ch]                  [ch]B[/ch]\r\nSo, I took my gittar, picks and all, and bid farewell to my [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\npoor ole pa.[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]E[/ch]                            [ch]A[/ch]                [ch]B[/ch]\r\nAnd I split for Memphis where they say, y'all..them swingin' [/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]E[/ch]\r\ncats are havin' a ball.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]         [ch]B[/ch]                       [ch]E[/ch]      [ch]B[/ch]\r\nSessions, hot licks and all, they dig me.[/tab]\r\n\r\n#5.\r\n[tab]      [ch]E[/ch]                             [ch]A[/ch]\r\nI was rockin' and boppin' and I's a gettin' the breaks.[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]B[/ch]                     [ch]E[/ch]\r\nThe girls all said that I had what it takes.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                            [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWhen up stepped a man with a big cigar..he said, \"Come here, [/tab]\r\n\r\ncat..I'm gonnna make you a star.\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                          [ch]B[/ch]                  [ch]E[/ch]               [ch]B[/ch]\r\nI'll put you on Bandstand, buy ya a Cadillac, sign here, kid.\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n#6.\r\n[tab]  [ch]E[/ch]                  [ch]A[/ch]              [ch]B[/ch]                  [ch]E[/ch]\r\nI signed my name and became a star, havin' a ball with my gittar.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                  [ch]A[/ch]            [ch]E[/ch]\r\nDriving a big long Cadillac and fightin' the girls off ma back.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                                   [ch]B[/ch]          [ch]E[/ch]       [ch]B[/ch]\r\nThey just kept a'comin', screamin', yeah..they like it.[/tab]\r\n\r\n#7.\r\n[tab]        [ch]E[/ch]                     [ch]A[/ch]                      [ch]B[/ch]\r\nSo, I'd pick my gittar with a great big grin and the money just [/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]E[/ch]\r\nkept on pourin' in.[/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]A[/ch]                    [ch]E[/ch]      [ch]E[/ch]      [ch]E[/ch]\r\nBut then one day my Uncle Sam, he said, (knock, knock, knock) [/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]A[/ch]                    [ch]B[/ch]    [ch]A[/ch]           [ch]E[/ch]\r\n\"Here I am..Uncle Sam needs you, boy..I'm-a gonna cut your [/tab]\r\n\r\n hair off.\r\n[tab]    [ch]A[/ch]                     [ch]E[/ch]\r\n\"Ah-take this rifle, kid..gimme that gittar,\" yeah.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nA fifties smash from Kraziekhat.","plain_text":"The All American Boy:Bill Parsons.\n(Bobby Bare was the actual singer.)\n#2 on BB Hot 100 on FRATERNITY Records\n1n 1958. (Parsons lip-synched the song on TV\nand somehow his name was put on the record.)\n(Inspired by Elvis Presley being drafted \n into the army.)\n\n\nINTRO: E A B E\n\n#1.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n#2.\n\n\n\n\n\n#3.\n\n\n\n\n\n#4.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n#5.\n\n\n\n\ncat..I'm gonnna make you a star.\n\n\n#6.\n\n\n\n\n#7.\n\n\n\n\n\n hair off.\n\n\n\n\nA fifties smash from Kraziekhat.","chords":["E","A","B"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"B":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,2,3,4,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,4,2]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]}}}