Bop-A-Lena:Ronnie Self.
#68 on COLUMBIA Records in 1958.
(Pure Rock-a-Billy.)
INTRO:
C
Oop-scooby-dooby-Lena, go-gal-go..
CHORUS:
C
Bop-a-Lena, bop-a-Lena, she's my gal..
F C
oh, bop-a-Lena, bop-a-Lena, yeah, she's my gal.
G7 C
She's my gal and I love her so..oop-scooby-
dooby-Lena, go-gal-go.
#1.
C
Well, the school bells are ringin', everybody
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went out..goin' to the shack, gonna shake it all about.
F
Bop-a-Lena lookin' like a rose in the wild..
C
man, I dig that freaky juvenile.
G7
When she gets a-goin' she's a real cool chick..
C
she do The Bop like a pogo-stick.
CHORUS:
C
Bop-a-Lena, bop-a-Lena, she's my gal..
F C
oh, bop-a-Lena, bop-a-Lena, yeah, she's my gal.
G7 C
She's my gal and I love her so..oop-scooby-
dooby-Lena, go-gal-go.
(INTERLUDE:) C F C G7 C
#2.
C
I got my patent-leather shoes on my hound-dog feet..
F
me and bop-a-Lena gonna walk the beat..to the whole
C
jukebox in the be-bop shack..when we get a-goin', gonna
Ball The Jack.
G7 C
Bop-a-Lena got two feet that talk..look at her go on The
Camel-Walk.
CHORUS:
C
Bop-a-Lena, bop-a-Lena, she's my gal..
F C
oh, bop-a-Lena, bop-a-Lena, yeah, she's my gal.
G7 C
She's my gal and I love her so..oop-scooby-
dooby-Lena, go-gal-go.
(INTERLUDE:) C F C G7 C
OUTRO:
C
Bop-a-Lena, bop-a-Lena, she's my gal..
F C
oh, bop-a-Lena, bop-a-Lena, yeah, she's my gal.
G7 C
She's my gal and I love her so..oop-scooby-
dooby-Lena, go-gal-go.
A fifties smash from Kraziekhat.
