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Get Rhythm Lyrics by Ry Cooder

Get Rhythm

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[Chorus]
Well now, get rhythm when you get the blues
Get rhythm, people, when you get the blues
Get a rock 'n' roll feelin' in your bones
Get taps on your toes and just get gone
Get rhythm when you get the blues

[Verse 1]
Little shoeshine boy never gets low down
He's got the dirtiest job in town
Bendin' low at the peoples' feet
On a windy corner of a dirty street
When I asked him while he shined my shoes
How'd he keeps from gettin' the blues
He grinned and he shook his little head
He popped a shoeshine rag and then he said

[Chorus]
Get rhythm (Get rhythm)
When you get the blues
Get rhythm when you get the blues
Get a rock 'n' roll feelin' in your bones
Taps on your toes and just get gone
Get rhythm when you get the blues

[Slide Guitar Solo]

[Chorus]
Well now, get rhythm when you get the blues
Get rhythm when you get the blues
Get a rock 'n' roll feelin' in your bones
Tap on your toes and just get gone
Get rhythm when you get the blues

[Verse 2]
Well, I stopped to listen to the shoeshine boy
And I thought I was gonna jump for joy
Slapped on the shoe polish left and right
He grabbed a shoeshine rag and he held it tight
He stopped once to wipe the sweat away
Said "You're a mighty little boy to be a-workin' that way"
He said "I like it", with a big wide grin
And he kept on poppin' and he said again

[Chorus]
Get rhythm (Get rhythm)
When you get the blues
Get rhythm when you get the blues
Well, a jumpy rhythm make me feel so fine
It shakes all the troubles from your worried mind
Get rhythm when you get the blues
Get rhythm when you get the blues
Get rhythm when you get the blues
Get a rock 'n' roll feelin' in your bones
Get taps on your toes and get gone
Get rhythm
You better get rhythm when you get the blues
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Ry Cooder

Ry Cooder

About “Get Rhythm” by Ry Cooder

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"Get Rhythm" appears on "Get Rhythm".

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