Johnny Cymbal

Mr. Bassman(Chords)

Johnny Cymbal

Key: C

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	        Mr. Bassman:Johnny Cymbal. 
Top of the charts in 1960. 

#1. 
C 
Mr. Bass Man, you've got that certain something. 
Am 
Mr. Bass Man, you set that music thumping. 
F                                       G 
To you, it's easy when you go one, two, three.. 
G 
D-d-b-Bop a bop bop...you mean.. B-b BOP-b-b-bop bop bop. 

#2. 
C 
Mr. Bass Man, you're on all the songs. 
Am 
B-dit-dit a boom boom boom boom..B-dit-dit a boom boom boom. 
F                                                     G 
Hey, Mr. Bass Man, you're the hidden King of rock and roll.. 
G 
D-d-b-Bop a bop bop...No, no...B-b BOP-b-b-bop bop bop. 

Chorus: 
F                      C 
It don't mean a thing, when the lead is singing. 
D                G7          G 
Or when he goes, Ay, yi, yi, yi, yi, yi, yeah! 

#3. 
C 
Hey, Mr. Bass Man, I'm asking just one thing, 
Am 
Will you teach me? Mm, yeah, they way you sing. 
F                                          G 
Cause Mr. Bass Man, I wanna be a bass man, too. 
G 
D-d-b-Bop a bop bop...Try this...B-b BOP-b-b-bop bop bop. 

#4. 
C 
Oh, Mr. Bass Man, I think I'm really with it. 
Am 
B-dit-dit a Boom boom...a boom boom-B-dit dit dit dit. 
F                                          G 
Come on, Mr. Bass Man, now I'm a bass man, too. 
G 
B-b BOP-b-b-bop bop bop...That's it!...B-b BOP-b-b-bop bop bop. 

Chorus: 
F                      C 
It don't mean a thing, when the lead is singing. 
D                G7          G 
Or when he goes, Ay, yi, yi, yi, yi, yi, yeah! 

#5. 
C 
Hey, Mr. Bass Man, I'm asking just one thing, 
Am 
Will you teach me? Mm, yeah, they way you sing. 
F                                          G 
Cause Mr. Bass Man, I wanna be a bass man, too. 
G 
D-d-b-Bop a bop bop...Try this...B-b BOP-b-b-bop bop bop. 

#6. 
C 
Oh, Mr. Bass Man, I think I'm really with it. 
Am 
B-dit-dit a Boom boom...a boom boom-B-dit dit dit dit. 
F                                          G 
Come on, Mr. Bass Man, now I'm a bass man, too. 
G 
B-b BOP-b-b-bop bop bop...That's it!...B-b BOP-b-b-bop bop bop. 

ADD: 
C                          Am 
Bum bum bum bum...Now you..Bum bum bum bum... 
                      F                 G 
You're getting good...Bum bum bum bum...bomp(Fade.) 
  

A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.
	        

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