C C C C F
C C C C
[Verse 1]
C F C
Next to Louisiana on the Texas side
C F C
There's a little country joint where they let it ride
F
There's a boogie woogie man on the piano
G C
And all the backwoods boppers shoutin' go cat go
[Chorus]
F C
They've never been afraid of the Boogie Man
G7 C
Nothin' makes you feel better than the boogie woogie can
F C
So don't you be afraid of the Boogie Man
D7 G7
He'll take you down to New Orleans where that rhythm all began
F G C
So don't you don't you be afraid of the Boogie Man
[Verse 2]
C F C
Grandpa's in the corner in his fishing clothes
F C
Reelin' to the rhythm everywhere it goes
F
All the boogie woogie babies tearing up the floor
G7 C
When they get a little bit they want a little more
[Chorus]
F C
They've never been afraid of the Boogie Man
G7 C
Nothin' makes you feel better than the boogie woogie can
F C
So don't you be afraid of the Boogie Man
D7 G7
He'll take you down to New Orleans where that rhythm all began
F G C C
So don't you don't you be afraid of the Boogie Man
[Solo]
| F | C | G | C |
| F | C | D7 | G |
| F | G | C |
[Verse 3]
C F C
In a red El Dorado at the break of day
F C
That Boogie Woogie man'll be slipping away
F
Although you're never gonna know it when he's out of sight
G7 C
He'll shut a juke box down again tomorrow night
[Chorus]
F C
He's never been afraid of the Boogie Man
G7 C
Nothin' makes you feel better than the boogie woogie can
F C
So don't you be afraid of the Boogie Man
D7 G7
He'll take you down to New Orleans where that rhythm all began
[Outro]
F C
It works for me it'll work for you
D7 G7
He'll have you doin' things that you didn't know you knew
F G F
So don't you don't you be afraid no don't ya
G C
Don't you be afraid of the Boogie Man no
[Solo]
| C | C | C | C |
| C | C | F | F |
| C | C | C | C |
| C | C | C | C |
| C | C | C | C |
