Get Rhythm

Johnny Chase


Chorus 1
Hey, get rhythm
When you get the blues
C'mon, get rhythm
When you get the blues
Get a rock and roll feeling in your bones
Put taps on your toes, and get goin'
Get rhythm
When you get the blues

A little shoe-shine boy, he never gets low-down
But he’s got the dirtiest job in town
Bending low at the peoples’ feet
On a windy corner of a dirty street
Well, I asked him while she shined my shoes
How’d he keep from getting the blues
He grinned as he raised his little head
He popped a shoe-shine rag, and then he said

Chorus 2
Get rhythm
When you get the blues
C'mon, get rhythm
When you get the blues
A jumpy rhythm makes you feel so fine
It'll shake all your trouble from your worried mind
Get rhythm
When you get the blues

Instrumental

Repeat Chorus 1

Well, I sat down to listen to the shoe-shine boy
And I thought I was gonna jump for joy
Slapped on the shoe polish left and right
He took a shoe-shine rag and he held it tight
He stopped once to wipe the sweat away
I said, “You’re a mighty little boy to be a-workin’ that way”
He said, “I like it” with a big wide grin
Kept on a-poppin’ and he said again

Chorus 3
Get rhythm
When you get the blues
C'mon, get rhythm
When you get the blues
It only costs a dime, just a nickel a shoe
It does a million dollars worth of good for you
Get rhythm
When you get the blues