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Johnny Cash
Get Rhythm
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Get Rhythm was released on January 12, 1959 by Charly as a part of the album Greatest! (Definitive Expanded Remastered Edition)
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LYRICS

Music Video

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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
Johnny Cash
Johnny Cash
Vocals
Luther Perkins
Luther Perkins
Electric Guitar
Marshall Grant
Marshall Grant
Bass
The Tennessee Two
The Tennessee Two
Background Vocals
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Johnny R. Cash
Johnny R. Cash
Composer
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Mark Wilder
Mark Wilder
Mastering Engineer
Sam Phillips
Sam Phillips
Producer
Seth Foster
Seth Foster
Mastering Engineer

Lyrics

[Chorus]
Hey, get rhythm when you get the blues
Come on, get rhythm when you get the blues
Get a rock and roll feeling in your bones
Put taps on your toes, and get goin'
Get rhythm when you get the blues
[Verse 1]
A little shoeshine boy, he never gets low-down
But he's got the dirtiest job in town
Bending low at the people's feet
On a windy corner of a dirty street
Well, I asked him while he shined my shoes
How'd he keep from getting the blues
He grinned as he raised his little head
He popped his shoeshine rag and then he said
[Chorus]
"Get rhythm when you get the blues"
Come on, get rhythm when you get the blues
A jumpy rhythm makes you feel so fine
It'll shake all your trouble from your worried mind
Get rhythm when you get the blues
[Chorus]
Get rhythm when you get the blues
Come on, get rhythm when you get the blues
Get a rock and roll feeling in your bones
Put taps on your toes, and get goin'
Get rhythm when you get the blues
[Verse 2]
Well, I sat down to listen to the shoeshine boy
And I thought I was gonna jump with joy
Slapped on the shoe polish left and right
He took his shoe-shine rag and he held it tight
He stopped once to wipe the sweat away
I said, "You're a mighty little boy to be a-workin' that way"
He said, "I like it," with a big wide grin
Kept on a-poppin', and he said again
[Chorus]
"Get rhythm when you get the blues"
Come on, get rhythm when you get the blues
It only costs a dime, just a nickel a shoe
It does a million dollars worth of good for you
Get rhythm when you get the blues
Written by: Johnny R. Cash

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