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Down The Line:Jerry Lee Lewis.
#51 on BB Hot 100 on SUN Records
in 1958. ( Written and released by
Roy Orbison as Go, Go, Go Down The Line.)
INTRO: F  
#1.
FWell, Em7if you Fcan't be my lovin', baby..Em7you Fain't 
got the style.
FI'm a gonna get some real gone love that'll 
drive a cool cat wild.
I Ewanna Bbmove, move on down the Fline.
AbGonna Cget me a gal then I go Ebout on the FtownEb.F  
CHORUS:
BWell, I wanna Fmove on down the line.
I'm gonna Dm7get me a gal, Fmake some time.
You're gonna Bbleave me square, she can't be slow,
and when Gshe starts a struttin', we Cgotta go.
I'm Ebgonna Bbmove, move on Fdown the line.
Well, CI'm in love, Bbhave been all the Ftime.
INTERLUDE:   F   Em7   F   E   F   A   Bb   B   F   Bb   C   Bb   F   Bb  
            F C F Fm
#2.
FYeah, I'm Em7gonna Fshow you, you ain't so hot.
FI'm gonna Em7get, Fwhat you ain't got.
FShe'll be Em7sweet, Fwon't do me wrong.
CShe'll be cool and Ftwice as gone.
CHORUS:
We're gonna Bbroll on, roll on down the Fline.
I'm gonna Cget some love, lovin' that's truly Ffine.
FWell, I wanna move on down the line.
FI'm gonna get some lovin', truly fine.
FA love that'll be Em7twice as Fgone and when Gshe starts 
a-struttin', she's Cgotta go.
I wanna Bbmove on, move on down the Fline.
Well, I'm gonna Cdo right, do right all the Ftime.
OUTRO:
I'm gonna Cdo right, do right all the Ftime.
A fifties smash from Kraziekhat.

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Down The Line

by Jerry Lee Lewis

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Em7

Dm7

Down The Line:Jerry Lee Lewis.

#51 on BB Hot 100 on SUN Records

in 1958. ( Written and released by

Roy Orbison as Go, Go, Go Down The Line.)

INTRO:

#1.

F Em7 F Em7 F

Well, if you can't be my lovin', baby..you ain't

got the style.

I'm a gonna get some real gone love that'll

drive a cool cat wild.

E Bb F

I wanna move, move on down the line.

Ab C Eb F Eb F

Gonna get me a gal then I go out on the town.

CHORUS:

B F

Well, I wanna move on down the line.

Dm7 F

I'm gonna get me a gal, make some time.

You're gonna leave me square, she can't be slow,

G C

and when she starts a struttin', we gotta go.

Eb Bb F

I'm gonna move, move on down the line.

C Bb F

Well, I'm in love, have been all the time.

F Em7 F E F A Bb B F Bb C Bb F Bb

INTERLUDE:

F C F Fm

#2.

F Em7 F

Yeah, I'm gonna show you, you ain't so hot.

F Em7 F

I'm gonna get, what you ain't got.

F Em7 F

She'll be sweet, won't do me wrong.

C F

She'll be cool and twice as gone.

CHORUS:

Bb F

We're gonna roll on, roll on down the line.

C F

I'm gonna get some love, lovin' that's truly fine.

Well, I wanna move on down the line.

I'm gonna get some lovin', truly fine.

F Em7 F G

A love that'll be twice as gone and when she starts

a-struttin', she's gotta go.

Bb F

I wanna move on, move on down the line.

C F

Well, I'm gonna do right, do right all the time.

OUTRO:

C F

I'm gonna do right, do right all the time.

A fifties smash from Kraziekhat.

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