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Top Jimmy by Van Halen

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Key: D

🤘 Intro:

D7 Am7 D7 Am7
D7 Am7 D7 Am7
D7 Am7 D7 Am7
D

🤘 Verse:
D
Some friends of mine, just the other night,
        G
went to hear this cool cat blow.
           D                                            G
The say he sang so good that the roof fell in, and they didn't even stop the show.
           D                                                       G
They don't remember the place, but they remember the face, and now everybody wanna go.

🤘 Chorus:
G         D     F          C
Top Jimmy cooks, Top Jimmy swings.
G            E     F         G   A        D7
He's got the look. Top Jimmy
he's the king.

[Interlude]
D7 Am7 D7 Am7
D7 Am7 D

🤘 Verse:
D
Jimmy on the television, famous people laughing with him,
G
Jimmy on the news at five.
D                                         G
Jimmy on the radio and even on the video, that baddest cat alive.
D
Driving all the women crazy, only want Jimmy-baby,
G
love it when he rolls his eyes.

🤘 Chorus:
G         D     F          C
Top Jimmy cooks, Top Jimmy swings.
G            E     F         G   A        E5
He's got the look. Top Jimmy
shake it, baby!

[Guitar solo]
 E5 | E5 | D5 F5 :
 E5 | D5 F5 :
 E5 | D5 F5 | E5 F5 | G5 Am | A#5 :

🤘 Verse:
D                                                  G
Juke-joint Jimmy is the latest thing, he's got the sound that everybody digs.
D                                                             G
And the joint been jumpin' when the band been pumpin' and you know they're playing crazy gigs.
D
Well you ain't been living till you've seen the living thing,
    G
Top Jimmy and his Rhythm Pigs

🤘 Chorus:
G         D     F          C
Top Jimmy cooks, Top Jimmy swings.
G            E
He's got the look.
F         G
Top Jimmy, oh, Jimmy
F         G
Top Jimmy, go, Jimmy
F
Top Jimmy
G   A        D
Oh, he's the king