{"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":1972421,"song":"Ballin Keen","artist":"Sandy Lee","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11441299-ballin-keen-chords-by-sandy-lee/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1972421?type=chord","rating":0.04869,"votes":0,"content":"Ballin' Keen:Sandy Lee.\r\nOn SANTA FE and CREST Records\r\nin 1959. (Great Rockabilly.)\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n[Intro]\r\n [ch]Bb[/ch] [ch]Fm[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nNow, down in the state of Tennessee, there's a real [/tab]\r\n\r\ncool cat called \"Ballin' Keen\".\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nHe likes to rock an' he likes to roll, he's got rockin' [/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nin his soul.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nWell, last Saturday night about twelve o'clock, down on [/tab]\r\n\r\nthe corner they's startin' to rock.\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nBallin' Keen was havin' a ball, swingin' 'em short an' [/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nswingin' em tall.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nThen Bulldog Johnny come strollin' in, six feet six an' [/tab]\r\n\r\nhe ain't no friend.\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nKicked off a shoe an' he knocked out a light, he said, [/tab]\r\n\r\n\"move out cat's there's gonna be a fight.\"\r\n\r\n\r\n[Interlude]\r\n [ch]F[/ch] [ch]Gm[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nWell, Bulldog Johnny sorta cased the place, 'n he looked [/tab]\r\n\r\nold Ball right square in the face.\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nBallin' Keen was a-holdin' ground, he said, \"me or you, one [/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nis leavin' town.\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 5]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nThen the lights went out and they had a fight, everybody [/tab]\r\n\r\nwondered what happened that night.\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nNobody saw what was goin' on, when the lights come on Bulldog [/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nwas gone.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 6]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nNow, down in the state of Tennessee, there's the strangest [/tab]\r\n\r\nlegend that you ever did see.\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nNobody knows the answer 'cause nobody seen, nobody 'cept ol' [/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBallin' Keen.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nA fifties smash from Kraziekhat.","plain_text":"Ballin' Keen:Sandy Lee.\nOn SANTA FE and CREST Records\nin 1959. (Great Rockabilly.)\n\n\n\n[Intro]\n Bb Fm G C\n\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\ncool cat called \"Ballin' Keen\".\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\nthe corner they's startin' to rock.\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\nhe ain't no friend.\n\n\n\"move out cat's there's gonna be a fight.\"\n\n\n[Interlude]\n F Gm C F C G C\n\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\nold Ball right square in the face.\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 5]\n\n\nwondered what happened that night.\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 6]\n\n\nlegend that you ever did see.\n\n\n\n\n\n\nA fifties smash from Kraziekhat.","chords":["Bb","Fm","G","C","F","Gm","A"],"chord_diagrams":{"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"Fm":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,1,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,1,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]},"Gm":{"barres":[3],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,1,1,1],"frets":[3,5,5,3,3,3]}}}