Sometimes, as in I Wish I Could Shimmy Like My Sister Kate itself, a two-bar tag is added, making 18 bars in all. But here (in C) is the essential progression - with breaks often taken in bars 7 and 8.
G7 | G7 | C | C | G7 | G7 | C*** | C***
G7 | G7 | C | C | F/Fm | C/A7 | D7/G7 | C
It may be heard in such numbers as:
As You Like It
Gatemouth
Gatemouth
Up Jumped the Devil
I Wish I Could shimmy Like My Sister Kate
Red Light Rag
South
South
Southern Shout
Bogalusa Strut
Bogalusa Strut
Like the Hot Nuts Progression, this one ends with the Sunshine Sequence (described elsewhere in this Blog). So nothing could be more natural or simple to play and improvise on. But the progressions are very effective.
