Jamboree Jones Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[C#][F#m][F#][A]
[Ab]I'll begin the story
Out in West Virginia
[C#]Is a l[C#m]ittle coll[C#]ege
[Ab](Rah, Rah, Rah)

[Verse 2]
All the student [Ab]body
Only cared for football
[C#]Never [C#m]mind the knowledge
[C#](Rah, Rah, Rah)[Ab]
Never [C#]mind the sheepskin

[Verse 3]
[C#]
They preferred the pigskin
[F#]Seemed to have it in their bones
[F#m]Yeah, they k[Ab]new all about it

[Verse 4]
Couldn't do [Ab]without it
All except a certain [C#m]Mr.
[A]Jambor[Ab]ee J[C#]ones[Ab]
[B]And he played the clarinet
[C#]with [E]all his might
He stud[Gb]ied night and d[Cb]ay,
he practiced [E]day and night

[Verse 5]
[Cb]No runnin' up the field for Mr. [E]Jones
He'd rather [C#]run up the scale and down
[F#]the scale[F#m][Gb]
[Cb]What[E] tones[A][G][Gb]
Even though his buddies

[Verse 6]
Always cut [Cbm]their studies
To attend the rallies
[Gb](Rah, Rah, Rah)
While they all were rootin'

[Verse 7]
You [Gb]could hear him tootin'
[Cbm]"What's become
of Sally"
(Rah, Rah, Rah)
[Cb]How they used to hate him

[Verse 8]
Co- eds wouldn't date him
[Em]Thought he was an awful bore
[Dbdim]Oh, but h[Gb]e liked his rhythm

[Verse 9]
More than being with 'em
So [D]he'd only turn in
[G]For to [Gb]practice some more
[Cbm]And me[D]anw[A]hile the team
marched on to [D]greater fame
Till they were [A]asked to play that
famous [D]Rose Bowl game
[A]And

[Verse 10]
on that day of [D]days
the students beamed
What did they [Gb]do when the
team [Em]marched on the scene
I want [A]to tell you ladies [D]and you gentlemen,
[A]the[D]y screamed
[A]Rah, Rah, [D]Rah, [A]Rah
[D]

[Verse 11]
[A]Biff- boom- bah, bah- bah-
dee- addle- oh
[D]Yea- ho, [A]watch 'em go[D][Cb]
[Em][G][A][D][A]
Startin' from the kick- off
They pulled every trick off
[Dm]But they c[A]ouldn't win [Dm]it

[Verse 12]
(No, no, no)
[A]Instead of goin' forwards
They were goin' backwards

[Verse 13]
[D]'Bout a mile [A]a minute
[Dm](Yeah, yeah, yeah)[D]
Seein' their position
They called intermission
[Gm]And they heard

[Verse 14]
the referee say
Hey, [A]seventeen to nothin'
Ain't exactly nothin'
[D]An d [Dm]you've only got [F]about
a [Bb]minute [D]to play[Dm]
[C#]And [C]then

[Verse 15]
from the stand
there came a [F]distant wail
And it was [Gm]Jam b[C]oree a- swingin'
[F]"Hold 'em Yale"
(Bula, bula, bula)
[C]And then the students [F]all began to yell
The [C]players [D]marched up

[Verse 16]
the field
An[Gm]d down the field,
[G]pel[C]l mell[F][A]
[Em][A][Em][A]
Now on a cer[G]tain [Em]West
[G]Vir[D]ginia [Bm]hill
[D]There [E]stands that [A]college still

[Verse 17]
Just as it [D]always will
[A]And there's a picture [G]in
the [D]hall of fame
You'll find the boy in [B]the frame
who [Em]won [E]the game
Jamboree Jones was the
[D]gentleman's [E]name
[D][G][D]