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Ready Teddy

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Cmajor
90BPM
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Ready Teddy:Buddy Holly And The Crickets.
Album - Buddy Holly - on
CORAL Records in 1958.
INTRO: C  
CReady, set, go man go,I got a gal that
I love so.
CHORUS:
I'm Fready, ready, ready, Teddy..I'm Cready,
ready, ready, Teddy.
I'm Gready, ready, Fready, Teddy..I'm Cready,
ready, ready to rock 'n' roll.
#1.
CAll the flat top cats and all the dungaree dolls
are headed for the gym to the sock hop ball.
CThe joint is really jumping, the cats are going wild.
The music really sends me, I C7dig those crazy styles.
CHORUS:
I'm Fready, ready, ready, Teddy..I'm Cready,
ready, ready, Teddy.
I'm Gready, ready, Fready, Teddy..I'm Cready,
ready, ready to rock 'n' roll..(wooooow!!!)
INTERLUDE: C   F   C   G   F  C  
#2.
COh, well, I'm going to the corner, pick up my sweetie
pie.
CShe's my rock 'n' roll baby, she's the C7apple of my eye.
CHORUS:
I'm Fready, ready, ready, Teddy..I'm Cready,
ready, ready, Teddy.
I'm Gready, ready, Fready, Teddy..I'm Cready,
ready, ready to rock 'n' roll..(Wooooow!!)
INTERLUDE: C   F   C   G   F  C  
#3.
CI'm gonna pull off my shoes, roll up my faded jeans,
cause my rock 'n' roll baby coming on the scene.
CShuffle to the left, I shuffle to the right,
Gonna rock and roll til the early, C7early night.
CHORUS:
I'm Fready, ready, ready, Teddy..I'm Cready,
ready, ready, Teddy.
I'm Gready, ready, Fready, Teddy..I'm Cready,
ready, ready to rock 'n' roll.
A fifties smash from Kraziekhat.
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