Jive After Five Chords
by Carl Perkins
Jive After Five by Carl Perkins is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of A. It uses the chords A, D, E and A7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Jive After Five:Carl Perkins.
#10 on Rocck Charts on COLUMBIA Records
in 1958.
Intro: A
#1.
A
I work all day as a soda jerk..on my feet all the time
and oh, man, how they hurt.
D A
Don't make much, but I sure get the news..I don't have
much time for gettin' the blues.
D A
My friends drop in for sodas and pop, they're all talking,
fancy about a new record hop.
#2.
D A
All day long I'm a-fillin' orders..takin' in nickels, dimes
and quarters.
D A
Cherry sodas and a chocolate shake, strawberry sundaes and a
lemon phosphate.
E A
Time to clean the fountain, 'cause it's almost five..you know me,
dad, after five I jive.
A
I wanna jive, uh-huh-huh-huh, I wanna jive..ooo-hooo-hooo-hooo,
D A
I wanna jive, yes, after five.
E A
uh-huh-ho-ho, I wanna jive, man alive, after five.
#3.
A
Well, I mop the floor and I wipe the counter..I just work here dad,
I'm not the founder.
D A
I keep a-workin' and a-watchin' the clock..a-peepin' out the window
for my baby to stop.
E A
We'll head out of town to a little night dive..because you know me dad,
after five I jive.
#4.
A A7
All day long I'm a-fillin' orders..takin' in nickels, dimes and quarters.
D A
Cherry cokes and a tall root beer, a cone of vanilla with a chocolate spill.
E A
Time to clean the fountain, 'cause it's almost five..you know me dad, after
five I jive..I wanna jive.
A
I wanna jive, I wanna jive, ooo-hooo-hooo and then I jive.
E A
Yeah, I wanna jive, yes, man alive..come on, now, cat, let's jive.
A D
Everybody rock, I wanna jive..ah-ah-ah, I wanna jive..ooh-ooh-ooh, I wanna jive.
A E A
Yes, I wanna jive, man alive, I wanna jive, Jive, jive after five.
A fifties smash from Kraziekhat.