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    © G00 G00 G d00GE Louis Jordan and the Tympany Five, 1946 Sax player Louis Jordan led one of the first rhythm ‘n’ blues bands that “crossed over” to be- come popular with white audiences as well as African-Americans. In 1939, after playing sax with Chick Webb's big band, Jordan formed his own smaller unit, the Tympany Five. During the World War II years they had a string of boogie-driven novelty hits, including “Caldonia,” “There Ain’t Nobody Here But Us Chickens,” “G.l. Jive,” and “Saturday Night Fish Fry.” Jordan was also in several musical films. Like Nat Cole's Trio, Jordan’s group was a bridge between swing and post-war R&B. Chuck Berry credits Tympany Five guitarist Carl Hogan (almost inaudible on Jordan’s recordings) as a chief inspiration, and a Broadway show was launched in the 1990s about Jordan called “Five Guys Named Moe.” The basic guitar backup lick throughout “Choo Choo Ch’Boogie” includes down- and up- strokes, as indicated by symbols in the measure below. Alternating between the F and F6 chords creates a relaxed shuffle-beat feel, which is strengthened by the muted chords. The song is essen- tially a three-chord, twelve-bar blues. Basie rhythm pattern F F6 £6 Words and Music by Vaughn Horton, Intro ote Denver Darling and Milton Gabler Moderately fast (9=. 2) FUE Fo F6 FoF6 FFG FOF oF FG © 1945 (Renewed) RYTVOC, INC, AU Rights Reserved = + | x = Seri ee a ee ee ee ee Ce et SSS Sli oo SSS & Verse Ga 4/1 F FO Fr F6 F Fo La F6 SS 1 Head - in’ forthe sta ~ tion tT pock on my back, rm (2) reach. your des - ti - ma - tion — but a - las and a - lack, you 3) Gon = Unset tle down bythe rail = road track, and F F6 F Fs 6 a tired of tans - por - la - tion in the back of a hack. __ 1 need some com - pen - sa - tion to get. back in the —_ black. You live the life of = Reil - ly in the beat - en down shack, __ so Bh Bio Bhi Bho BrI3 Bio Bh3 SSS == = === to hear the hy - thm of click = y = chick and mom = ing pa = per fom the top) ofthe stack and T hear this =e can petk through the rack — and 43 F F6 F6 SS = SSS it the — lone whis - tle, see ‘the. smoke from the stack, —_ and read the: sit, - a- tion from the front to the back. The watch the train =a srol- fin’ when it's ball = in’ the jack_ Why, co C13 F F6 r F6 - — eS SSS pal a-round with dem~o - crat- ic fel - Tas named “Mae,” so take me right back__ to the track, ‘only job that's o- penneeds a man with a — knack, — so put it right back im the rack,— T just love the rhy-thm of the click-et - y clack, so take me right back tothe track, Chorus: F6 F F6 Bo BRIS Br BhI3 BI BhI3 BPO BIS = + + = a qo x f =o: ' ea F6 co BH ce cs BIO Bb13 BO BHI Bho | UJ ie te ft rT = a o nh? ioe at jae rer = | tis reper t 3 s I E : ° iy 2 HU. ADT Vee a wt tt dl g I ae iT en 3 fe Bb _BPIS Bho BbI3 F6 6 ty i 45 DS. al Coda sss = Pr a # 3 co eee Jack! track, take me right back to the =— ch’ boog - ie, choo = ===Ee 46 Blo BIS) BABB BO BS. BO BPI3 FE Fo F F6 ‘Take me right back to the track, Jack! 47

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