Anthony Boy chords by Chuck Berry

Chords with lyrics

Anthony Boy - Chuck Berry
Composer: C. Berry

Original Key: C majorC

Reached #60 on the hot 100 in 1959


Intro:


GaugGaug F#augF#aug FaugFaug C majorC

#1:
C majorC                           G+G
Eight o'clock in the morning and I'm movin' on out to school
G+G                            C majorC
With an open book and a sleepy look the teacher can't be fooled
C majorC                            G+G
I catch a pass in an early class the teacher will never know
G+G                           C majorC
That I postponed my work at home watching the evening show

Chorus:
C majorC                    G+G
Hey, there Anthony boy Why you in such a rush?
G+G                         C majorC
The girl she wanna talk to you look at him he's a blush

#2
C majorC                         G+G
Three o'clock in the afternoon completes a day of school
G+G                          C majorC
Before the ding completes the ring he's in the vestibule
C majorC                               G+G
Betty and Barbara and Jeanie and Jane are yackity-yackin' with Joan
G+G                          C majorC
About some things that Anthony told her over the telephone

Chorus:
C majorC                    G+G
Hey there Tony me boy Why you in such a rush?
G+G                         C majorC
The girl she wanna talk to you look at him he's a blush

Instrumental:

C majorC  G+G  C majorC  G+G  C majorC

#3:
C majorC                    G+G
Hey, there Anthony boy Why you in such a rush?
G+G                         C majorC
The girl she wanna talk to you look at him how he blush
C majorC                          G+G
Betty told me the secret that I had told her not to tell
G+G                            C majorC
Now that you know she knows I know you know that all is well

Chorus:
C majorC                          G+G
Come, come Tony me boy now don't let 'em get in your hair
G+G                          C majorC
With a good education you may become a multi-millionaire

Chorus:
C majorC                    G+G
Hey, there Anthony boy Why you in such a rush?
G+G                         C majorC
The girl she wanna talk to you look at him he's a blush

Outro (fade):

C majorC G+G  C majorC