Chords with lyrics
Earl Preston and the TT's 1963
Single release
Betty Jean
Intro: Eb MajorEb D MajorD DbDb C majorC
C majorC C majorC
(Now the way you talk) [oh yeah betty jean]
C majorC C majorC
Need a little bit of luck [oh yeah betty jean]
C majorC FF FF
I love the way you walk [oh yeah betty jean]
FF C majorC C majorC
Like you're dancin' but you're not [oh yeah betty jean]
C majorC G+G FF FF
I love the way you lovvvvve [oh yeah betty jean]
FF C majorC C majorC
You givin' everything you got [oh yeah betty jean]
C majorC C majorC
Don't you know now babe-ah [sing the song Chuckie boy]
C majorC C majorC
I'm in lovvvvve with youuuuu [sing the song Chuckie boy]
C majorC FF FF
Don't you know now babe-ah [sing the song Chuckie boy]
FF C majorC C majorC
I'm in lovvvvve with youuuuu [sing the song Chuckie boy]
C majorC G+G FF FF
Come on come on babe-ah [sing the song Chuckie boy]
FF C majorC C majorC
Could you lovvvvve me too [sing the song Chuckie boy]
C majorC C majorC
Every time I knock knock knock [oh yeah betty jean]
C majorC C majorC
I hear you say come in [oh yeah betty jean]
C majorC FF FF
My heart goes a boom boom [oh yeah betty jean]
FF C majorC C majorC
Just to hold you a-gain [oh yeah betty jean]
C majorC G+G FF FF
I hear bells ding a ling [oh yeah betty jean]
FF C majorC C majorC
Cause you're the living end [oh yeah betty jean]
C majorC C majorC
Don't you know now babe-ah [sing the song Chuckie boy]
C majorC C majorC
I'm in lovvvvve with youuuuu [sing the song Chuckie boy]
C majorC FF FF
Don't you know now babe-ah [sing the song Chuckie boy]
FF C majorC C majorC
I'm in lovvvvve with youuuuu [sing the song Chuckie boy]
C majorC G+G FF FF
Come on babe-ah babe-ah [sing the song Chuckie boy]
FF C majorC C majorC
Could you lovvvvve me too [sing the song Chuckie boy] Ahhhhh
Guitar solo
C majorC C majorC
I bet you wouldn't think a dance [oh yeah betty jean]
C majorC C majorC
Could start a real ro-mance [oh yeah betty jean]
C majorC FF FF
I bet you wouldn't think a kiss [oh yeah betty jean]
FF C majorC C majorC
Could turn me on like this [oh yeah betty jean]
C majorC G+G FF FF
Lemme tell you like it was [oh yeah betty jean]
FF C majorC C majorC
Yes it did yes it did [oh yeah betty jean]
C majorC C majorC
Don't you know now babe-ah [sing the song Chuckie boy]
C majorC C majorC
I'm in lovvvvve with youuuuu [sing the song Chuckie boy]
C majorC FF FF
Don't you know now babe-ah [sing the song Chuckie boy]
FF C majorC C majorC
I'm in lovvvvve with youuuuu [sing the song Chuckie boy]
C majorC G+G FF FF
Come on babe-ah babe-ah babe-ah [sing the song Chuckie boy]
FF C majorC C majorC
Could you lovvvvve me too [sing the song Chuckie boy] Ahhhhh
Guitar solo
C majorC C majorC
Don't you know now babe-ah [sing the song Chuckie boy]
C majorC C majorC
I'm in lovvvvve with youuuuu [sing the song Chuckie boy]
C majorC FF FF
Don't you know now babe-ah [sing the song Chuckie boy]
FF C majorC C majorC
I'm in lovvvvve with youuuuu [sing the song Chuckie boy]
C majorC G+G FF FF
Come on babe-ah babe-ah babe-ah [sing the song Chuckie boy]
FF C majorC C majorC
Yeeeeeahhhhh [sing the song Chuckie boy] Ahhhhh
C majorC G+G FF FF
Now babe-ah [sing the song Chuckie boy]
FF C majorC C majorC
I'm in lovvvvve with you [sing the song Chuckie boy]
C majorC C majorC
I'm in lovvvvve with you [oh yeah betty jean]
C majorC G+G FF FF
Come on babe-ah babe-ah [oh yeah betty jean]
FF C majorC C majorC /
You love me too
The parenthesis in the first line are for lead vocalist only, words with no chords
Other words in brackets are for other group members singing backup with chords played
This song was performed much earlier by Chuck Berry, hence the reference to Chuckie boy
in the chorus. The words in this version may be slightly different from the original