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Emajor
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Down The Line:Ricky Nelson.
Album - Ricky Nelson - Top 10
on BB Hot 200 on IMPERIAL Records
in 1958.
(This was written and performed by Roy
Orbison. Nelson's cover is fantastic.)
INTRO: E  
#1.
EWell, if you can't be my lovin' baby, you ain't
got the style.
EI'm gonna get some real darn love that will drive
the cool cat wild.
I wanna move, Amove on down the Eline.
Yeah, I wanna Bget some loving, and love that's truly
Efine.
CHORUS:
EYeah, I wanna move on down the line.
EI wanna get some love that's truly fine.
EShe'll be cool and do me wrong..she'll be cool and twice
as gone.
We're gonna Aroll on, Droll on down the Eline.
Aww, I wanna Bdo right, do right all the Etime.
CHORUS:
EYeah, I wanna move on down the line.
EI wanna get some love that's truly fine.
EShe'll be cool and do me wrong..she'll be cool and twice
as gone.
We're gonna Aroll on, Droll on down the Eline.
Aww, I wanna Bdo right, do right all the Etime..yeah!
INTERLUDE: E   Dbm   E   A   DE..E Em7   E   B   Em7  E  
#2.
EMmm, I'm gonna show it ain't so hot, I'm gonna get what
you ain't got.
EShe'll be cool and do me wrong, she'll be cool and twice
as gone.
We're gonna Aroll on, Droll on down the Eline.
Yeah, I wanna Bdo right, do right all the Etime.
CHORUS:
EWell, I wanna move on down the line.
EI wanna get some love that's truly fine.
EShe'll be cool and do me wrong..she'll be cool and twice
as gone.
We're gonna Aroll on, Droll on down the Eline.
Aww, I wanna Bdo right, do right all the Etime..yeah!
OUTRO:
I wanna Bdo right, do right all the Etime.
A fifties smash from Kraziekhat.
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