Roy Orbison - The Bug Chords & Tabs

 

The Bug Chords & Tabs

Roy Orbison Chords & Tabs

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The Bug Chords

   
The Bug:Roy Orbison.
Monument Records in 1959. DNC.

INTRO: D C (x2)

#1.
      D                     C
Well, down through the ages women had a time..
D                        C
tryin' to get her man to walk the chalk line.
   D                           C
To keep him on a string with a kiss and a hug..
    D                                   D7
but there's never been a man who wasn't bitten 

by the bug.

CHORUS:
      G                                 D
Yeah, rockin' and rollin' with the bug..rollin' 

and strollin' with the bug.
A                      G
Itchin' and twitchin'..singin' and swingin'..
D
yeah, with the bug.

#2.
D                                 C
Well, Delilah loved Sammy, but he wouldn't stay home..
       D           C
always runnin' and leavin' Dee home.
    D                     C
She set out to find Sammy late one night..
          D                      D7
found him down at the sand dune, rockin' it right.

CHORUS:
       G                                 D
He was rockin' and rollin' with the bug..rollin' and 

strollin' with the bug.
A                      G
Itchin' and twitchin'..singin' and swingin'..
D
yeah, with the bug.
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#3.
D                           C
Well, Helen of Troy, a cool smile on her face..
    D                     C
she sported the face that launched a thousand ships.
        D                    C
But she couldn't control the wiggle in her hips..
    D                          D7
she lost her fame and fortune, just one flip.

CHORUS:
      G                                 D
Yeah, rockin' and rollin' with the bug..rollin' 

and strollin' with the bug.
A                      G
Itchin' and twitchin'..singin' and swingin'..
D
yeah, with the bug.


(INTERLUDE:) D C (x2)

#4.
D                             C
Well, now, Josephine, she had trouble from the start..
    D                               C
she couldn't keep her eye on little Bonaparte.
      D                      C
Every single time that Josie looked around..
    D                        D7
she found her Bonny runnin', round and round.

CHORUS:
       G                                 D
He was rockin' and rollin' with the bug..rollin' and 

strollin' with the bug.
A                      G
Itchin' and twitchin'..singin' and swingin'..
D
yeah, with the bug.

#5.
D                                C
Well, now, modern times' are the same as history..
D                     C
even in the Twentieth Cent..ur..y.
        D                      C
And our future now, well, it's plain to see..
      D                            D7
if we don't look out, the bug will get you and me.

CHORUS:
         G                                 D
We'll be rockin' and rollin' with the bug..rollin' and 

strollin' with the bug.
A                      G
Itchin' and twitchin'..movin' and a-groovin'..
D
yeah, with the bug.

OUTRO:
D
With the bug..with the bug..(x3)(Fade.)


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