Chords for Little Richard - Holy Mackerel
Tempo:
137.25 bpm
Chords used:
F
C
Bb
G
D
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[F] Your father must think I'm a fish, cause every time that I come around
It always happens baby, every single time, [C] he greets me with the same old smile
[F] I ring the doorbell and before he lets me in he [Bb] says
Holy mackerel, you here again?
[F] Your father is a very [D] funny dude, [G] I think he's trying to [F] get rude
I don't know what, or what I'm gonna do, if he keep on acting this way
I guess I have to stop coming to your [C] house, nineteen times a day
[F] I ring the doorbell and before he lets me in [Bb] he says
Holy mackerel, you here again?
[F] Your father, he must [D] be insane, [G] he don't even know [F] my name
[Bb] Mackerel is a fish that swim in the sea, [Gm] [F] I know the name don't pertain to me
[A] [Bb] I am not a rich, a rich is my name, and [G] I'd be very [C] happy if he called me by the same [F] name
Holy mackerel, you here again?
I hear it everyday
Holy mackerel, you here again?
[C] Can he find something new to say?
[F] He's always crying, crying like a bear, [Bb] I'm gonna start coming over when he's not [F] there
Your father is a [D] very funny dude, [G] I think he's [F] trying to get rude
[Fm]
[F]
[C]
[F] [Fm]
[G] [Bb]
[F] [Dm]
[D] [G] [F]
Holy mackerel, [Bb] he's a fish that swim in the sea, [F] I know the name don't pertain to me
[Bb] I am not a rich, a rich is my name, [G] and I'd be very happy [C] if he called me by the same name
[F] Holy mackerel, you here again?
I hear it everyday
Holy mackerel, you here again?
[C] Can he find something new to say?
He's always crying, crying like a bear, I'm [Bb] gonna start coming over when he's not [F] there
Your father is a [D] very funny dude, [G] I think he's [F] trying to get rude
Oh [D] yeah, [B] I think [C] he's trying to get [A] rude, he's trying to mean honey, I think he's trying [F] to get rude
[G] [C]
It always happens baby, every single time, [C] he greets me with the same old smile
[F] I ring the doorbell and before he lets me in he [Bb] says
Holy mackerel, you here again?
[F] Your father is a very [D] funny dude, [G] I think he's trying to [F] get rude
I don't know what, or what I'm gonna do, if he keep on acting this way
I guess I have to stop coming to your [C] house, nineteen times a day
[F] I ring the doorbell and before he lets me in [Bb] he says
Holy mackerel, you here again?
[F] Your father, he must [D] be insane, [G] he don't even know [F] my name
[Bb] Mackerel is a fish that swim in the sea, [Gm] [F] I know the name don't pertain to me
[A] [Bb] I am not a rich, a rich is my name, and [G] I'd be very [C] happy if he called me by the same [F] name
Holy mackerel, you here again?
I hear it everyday
Holy mackerel, you here again?
[C] Can he find something new to say?
[F] He's always crying, crying like a bear, [Bb] I'm gonna start coming over when he's not [F] there
Your father is a [D] very funny dude, [G] I think he's [F] trying to get rude
[Fm]
[F]
[C]
[F] [Fm]
[G] [Bb]
[F] [Dm]
[D] [G] [F]
Holy mackerel, [Bb] he's a fish that swim in the sea, [F] I know the name don't pertain to me
[Bb] I am not a rich, a rich is my name, [G] and I'd be very happy [C] if he called me by the same name
[F] Holy mackerel, you here again?
I hear it everyday
Holy mackerel, you here again?
[C] Can he find something new to say?
He's always crying, crying like a bear, I'm [Bb] gonna start coming over when he's not [F] there
Your father is a [D] very funny dude, [G] I think he's [F] trying to get rude
Oh [D] yeah, [B] I think [C] he's trying to get [A] rude, he's trying to mean honey, I think he's trying [F] to get rude
[G] [C]
Key:
F
C
Bb
G
D
F
C
Bb
_ [F] _ Your father must think I'm a fish, cause every time that I come around
_ _ It always happens baby, every single time, [C] he greets me with the same old smile
_ _ [F] I ring the doorbell and before he lets me in he [Bb] says
Holy mackerel, you here again?
[F] _ Your father is a very [D] funny dude, [G] I think he's trying to [F] get rude
_ _ I don't know what, or what I'm gonna do, if he keep on acting this way
I _ guess I have to stop coming to your [C] house, nineteen times a day
_ [F] I ring the doorbell and before he lets me in [Bb] he says
Holy mackerel, you here again?
[F] _ Your father, he must [D] be insane, [G] he don't even know [F] my name
_ [Bb] _ Mackerel is a fish that swim in the sea, [Gm] [F] I know the name don't pertain to me
[A] [Bb] I am not a rich, a rich is my name, and [G] I'd be very [C] happy if he called me by the same [F] name
Holy mackerel, you here again?
I hear it everyday
_ _ _ _ Holy mackerel, you here again?
[C] Can he find something new to say?
_ _ [F] _ He's always crying, crying like a bear, [Bb] I'm gonna start coming over when he's not [F] there
Your father is a [D] very funny dude, [G] I think he's [F] trying to get rude
_ _ [Fm] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ [Fm] _
_ _ [G] _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _
[D] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [F] _
Holy mackerel, [Bb] _ he's a fish that swim in the sea, [F] I know the name don't pertain to me
[Bb] I am not a rich, a rich is my name, [G] and I'd be very happy [C] if he called me by the same name
[F] _ Holy mackerel, you here again?
I hear it _ everyday
_ _ _ Holy mackerel, you here again?
[C] Can he find something new to say?
_ _ He's always crying, crying like a bear, I'm [Bb] gonna start coming over when he's not [F] there
Your father is a [D] very funny dude, [G] I think he's [F] trying to get rude
Oh [D] yeah, [B] I think [C] he's trying to get [A] rude, he's trying to mean honey, I think he's trying [F] to get rude _
[G] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ It always happens baby, every single time, [C] he greets me with the same old smile
_ _ [F] I ring the doorbell and before he lets me in he [Bb] says
Holy mackerel, you here again?
[F] _ Your father is a very [D] funny dude, [G] I think he's trying to [F] get rude
_ _ I don't know what, or what I'm gonna do, if he keep on acting this way
I _ guess I have to stop coming to your [C] house, nineteen times a day
_ [F] I ring the doorbell and before he lets me in [Bb] he says
Holy mackerel, you here again?
[F] _ Your father, he must [D] be insane, [G] he don't even know [F] my name
_ [Bb] _ Mackerel is a fish that swim in the sea, [Gm] [F] I know the name don't pertain to me
[A] [Bb] I am not a rich, a rich is my name, and [G] I'd be very [C] happy if he called me by the same [F] name
Holy mackerel, you here again?
I hear it everyday
_ _ _ _ Holy mackerel, you here again?
[C] Can he find something new to say?
_ _ [F] _ He's always crying, crying like a bear, [Bb] I'm gonna start coming over when he's not [F] there
Your father is a [D] very funny dude, [G] I think he's [F] trying to get rude
_ _ [Fm] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ [Fm] _
_ _ [G] _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _
[D] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [F] _
Holy mackerel, [Bb] _ he's a fish that swim in the sea, [F] I know the name don't pertain to me
[Bb] I am not a rich, a rich is my name, [G] and I'd be very happy [C] if he called me by the same name
[F] _ Holy mackerel, you here again?
I hear it _ everyday
_ _ _ Holy mackerel, you here again?
[C] Can he find something new to say?
_ _ He's always crying, crying like a bear, I'm [Bb] gonna start coming over when he's not [F] there
Your father is a [D] very funny dude, [G] I think he's [F] trying to get rude
Oh [D] yeah, [B] I think [C] he's trying to get [A] rude, he's trying to mean honey, I think he's trying [F] to get rude _
[G] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
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