Let’s jump the broomstick
- - - -
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
1. Well, come, a-little baby, let's jump the broomstick,
C
come
and let's tie the knot,
F
come,
a-little baby, let’s jump the broomstick
C
come
and let's tie the knot.
G F
My father
don't like it, my brother don't like it,
G F
my sister don't like it, my mother don't like it.
G
F
Come, a-little baby, let's
jump the broomstick
G C
come and let's tie the
knot.
C
2. Goin' to Alabama back from Texarkana,
goin' all around the world.
F
I'm goin'
to Alabama back from Texarkana,
C
goin' all around the world.
+ CHORUS
+ instrumental = verse 2 & CHORUS
C
3. Come, a-little baby, I don't a mean maybe, let's settle down,
F
- C
come,
a-little baby, I don't a mean maybe,
let's settle down.
+ CHORUS
+ instrumental = verse 3 & CHORUS
C
4. Well, come, a-little baby, let's jump the broomstick,
come
and let's tie the knot,
F
come,
a-little baby, let’s jump the broomstick
C
come
and let's tie the knot.
G F
My father don't like it, my brother don't like it,
G F
my sister don't like it, my
mother don't like it.
G F
Come, a-little baby, let's jump the broomstick
G C
come and let's tie the knot.
C
5. Goin' to Alabama back from Texarkana,
goin' all around
the world.
F
I'm goin'
to Alabama back from Texarkana,
C
goin' all around the world.
+ CHORUS + C ~ ~....
(orig. = capo 1st) (Brenda Lee)