Topic: Gotta Be Jelly

Something I remember my dad saying growing up. I figured there had to be a song like this, but I couldn't find it....so I wrote this one the other day. Fun little song in my opinion.

Gotta Be Jelly By Jeff Gilpin


June 20, 2013




[G]Bopping down the city street


Knowing smile for every[D]one she [G]meet


[G]Turning heads as she goes by


Every now and then you hear a [D]my oh [G]my




My its [C]gotta be jelly


[G]Gotta be jelly


[D]Gotta be jelly cause [C]jam don’t shake like [G]that [D]


[G]Jam don’t wobble jam don’t shake


Jam don’t quiver and [D]it don’t [G]quake


[G]Jam just sits there with its fruit smelly


And I reach right by it cause I [D]gotta have my [G]jelly


Yeah Its [C]Gotta be jelly


[G]Gotta be jelly


[D]Gotta be jelly cause [C]jam don’t shake like [G]that [D]


[G]When I eat my jelly I think of that girl


Bopping as she’s walking like a [D]gift to the [G]world


I [G]lay it on thick cause it taste so good


Like that hot girl bopping in my [D]neighbor[G]hood



Yeah Its [C]Gotta be jelly


[G]Gotta be jelly


[D]Gotta be jelly cause [C]jam don’t shake like [G]that


Well you can [G]take your fruit spreads and your preserve


All those things just [D]get on my [G]nerves


[G]Forget all that stuff that they sell on the telly


Cause as for me I [D]gotta have my [G]jelly


Yeah Its[C] Gotta be jelly


[G]Gotta be jelly


[D]Gotta be jelly cause [C]jam don’t shake like [G]that [D]


[G]Like that girl bopping down the city street


Knowing smile for every[D]one she [G]meet


[G]Turning heads as she goes by


Every now and then you here a [D]oh my [G]my


Yeah that’s [C]Gotta be jelly


[G]Gotta be jelly


[D]Gotta be jelly cause [C]jam don’t shake like [G]that


x2 end on[G7]



J  E  T  S
...and yet a Washington Commanders fan (unless they change their name again) ...long story...HTT...C

Re: Gotta Be Jelly

Wheres the I like button,I want too use it here jets!!!.  kinda remindsme of do wa diddy diddy dum diddy do.

my papy said son your going too drive me too drinking if you dont stop driving that   Hot  Rod  Lincoln!! Cmdr cody and his lost planet airman

Re: Gotta Be Jelly

Looking good Jet.

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Re: Gotta Be Jelly

Thanks guys. Good song for hovering around the chords...

J  E  T  S
...and yet a Washington Commanders fan (unless they change their name again) ...long story...HTT...C

Re: Gotta Be Jelly

I HAVE TO SAY THAT IS MY FAVORITE SONG YOU HAVE PUT UP THUS FAR! I realy dig the hidden inuendo and the old school beat.  Would like to hear how you play and sing it.

Rock On!
Scott.

“Find your own sound.  Dont be a second rateYngwie Malmsteen be a first rate you”

– George Lynch 2013 (Dokken, Lynchmob, KXM, Tooth & Nail etc....)

Re: Gotta Be Jelly

Awright Jeff..........Schweeeet!!!

Gotta admit though that while I was reading the lyrics it had me thinking it was a modern day version of an old 40's song my father-in-law used to sing all the time.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bCkJ3Uviv-I

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eR6J4XLXPAI

You need a video of you on the stage with a couple of girls dancing to your tune.

DE

I want to read my own water, choose my own path, write my own songs

Re: Gotta Be Jelly

Thanks Beamer and Ken,

Beamer, I'll get you a scratch of it. Ken, I never heard the forties version but I'll have a listen to your links.

J  E  T  S
...and yet a Washington Commanders fan (unless they change their name again) ...long story...HTT...C

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Scratch sent Beamer...

J  E  T  S
...and yet a Washington Commanders fan (unless they change their name again) ...long story...HTT...C

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jets60 wrote:

Scratch sent Beamer...

ill see if I can do a scratch  of the way I was hearing it and playing it.  but it may take me a few days LOLOL

“Find your own sound.  Dont be a second rateYngwie Malmsteen be a first rate you”

– George Lynch 2013 (Dokken, Lynchmob, KXM, Tooth & Nail etc....)

Re: Gotta Be Jelly

hi jeff its a cracker,jolly,funny,well done



stay cool

love is life ,life is for love,keep a true heart and live life to the full....stay cool

Re: Gotta Be Jelly

Thanks Robert.

J  E  T  S
...and yet a Washington Commanders fan (unless they change their name again) ...long story...HTT...C

Re: Gotta Be Jelly

beamer wrote:

ill see if I can do a scratch  of the way I was hearing it and playing it.  but it may take me a few days LOLOL

Thanks Beamer - I'm looking forward to hearing it.  smile

J  E  T  S
...and yet a Washington Commanders fan (unless they change their name again) ...long story...HTT...C