Waitin' In School
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Waitin' In School:Ricky Nelson.
#2 in 1958.
#1.
E
I've been a-waitin' in school all day long,
B7 E
a-waitin' on the bell to ring so I can go home.
E
Throw my books on the table, pick up the telephone,
B7 E
"Hello, baby, let's get somethin' goin'."
#2.
E
Headin' down to the drugstore to get a soda pop,
B7 E
Throw a nickel in the jukebox, then we start to rock.
E
My school gal baby, gonna tell ya some news,
B7 E
You sure look good in them baby-doll shoes.
Chorus:
E
Well, it's a-one, two, a-pull off my shoes,
B7
Three, four, get out on the floor.
E A
Five, six, come get your kicks,
B7 E
Down on the corner of Lincoln and a-Forty-Six. Yeah!
E
You got to moooo..ve...
REPEAT:#2.
Chorus:
ADD:
E
You gotta move..start rockin' baby,
A
a rockin', rockin' baby,
B7
Gonna rock all night, rock all night,
E
Just wait 'n' see. Yeah!
A fifties smash from Kraziekhat.
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