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.
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/r/roy_orbison/the_bug_crd.html ]
#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.)
A fifties smash from Kraziekhat.
