Standard (EADGBE)
Chorus
Betty Lou, got a new pair of shoes,
Betty Lou got a new pair of shoes, wooo.
Betty Lou got a new pair of shoes,
Betty Lou got a new pair of shoes.
Betty Lou, wah..oo, wah..oo, wah..ooh.
Betty Lou got a new pair of shoes.
Well, she walked in the shoe store, she picked out a shoe.
She tried on a twelve, but that wouldn't do.
Chorus
Betty Lou, Betty Lou, got a new pair of shoes,
Betty Lou got a new pair of shoes.
Betty Lou, wah..oo, wah..oo, wah..ooh.
Betty Lou got a new pair of shoes.
Well, she cracked up over the solid fit,
walking down the street with her brand new kit.
Chorus
Betty Lou, Betty Lou, got a new pair of shoes,
Betty Lou got a new pair of shoes.
Betty Lou, wah..oo, wah..oo, wah..ooh.
Betty Lou got a new pair of shoes.
Well, she's walking down the street, she met an undertaker,
he tried to bury her new Shoe-de-bakers.
Chorus
Betty Lou, Betty Lou, got a new pair of shoes,
Betty Lou got a new pair of shoes.
Betty Lou, wah..oo, wah..oo, wah..ooh.
Betty Lou got a new pair of shoes.
(INTERLUDE:)
Well, she went to a rock and roll party the other night..
someone stepped on her Shudebakers and she started a fight.
Chorus
Betty Lou, Betty Lou, got a new pair of shoes,
Betty Lou got a new pair of shoes.
Betty Lou, wah..oo, wah..oo, wah..ooh.
Betty Lou got a new pair of shoes.
Well, she walked in the shoe store, gave the man a tip,
told him to go buy hisself a rocket ship.
Chorus
Betty Lou, Betty Lou, got a new pair of shoes,
Betty Lou got a new pair of shoes.
Betty Lou, wah..oo, wah..oo, wah..ooh.
Betty Lou got a new pair of shoes.
Outro
Betty Lou got a new pair of shoes, woo!
Look at that girl walking down the street, yeah.
Woo, she's stepping higher than a kite,
yeah, with them shiny new Shudebakers she's got on.
Whoa, I dig them kids, yeah.
Betty Lou got a new pair of shoes..(Fade.)
A fifties smash from Kraziekhat.