Chords for Ringo Starr & Elton John - Snookeroo (1974) With Lyrics!

Tempo:
138.3 bpm
Chords used:

Bb

Cm

Eb

F

Ab

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Ringo Starr & Elton John - Snookeroo (1974) With Lyrics! chords
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[Bb] [Eb]
[Bb] [Eb] I was [Bb] born in the north of England, [Cm] I was raised in a working [Ab] town
[Eb] I broke all the rules [Bb] when I went to school, [Cm] but the teachers couldn't pin [F] me down
[Bb] I tried to make [Eb] my parents proud, [G] by adapting to the social [Cm] paths
[Eb] Oh, pigs will [Bb] fly and the earth will fry, [Ab] when they can't be doing [F] honest jobs
[Cm]
[F] Sookaroo, sookaroo, [Bb]
daddy's [Eb] going on the [C] blues
Mother used to cut [F] my hair, [Bb] and sister used to make me news
[C] Well, it was two rooms up [Ab] and two rooms down, [A] you were sentenced by the record [Bb] train
[Eb] Oh, I was [Dm] born on the [Cm] eve of [Bb] Halloween
[Cm]
[F] Sookaroo, sookaroo, [Bb]
sookaroo's my [Db] name
[Bb]
[Eb] I need someone [Bb] to cook for [Cm] me, and turn me loose [Ab] at night
[Eb] I could spend my [Bb] life with the factory girls, [Cm] because the factory girls [F] my type
[Bb] I hear the [Eb] gossip on the street, [G] oh, so what they say [Cm] is true
[Eb] Oh, don't you know [Bb] that I hear them say, [Ab] they can't find lazy noob with [F] sookaroo
[Cm]
[F] Sookaroo, sookaroo, [Bb]
daddy's [Eb] going on the blues
[C] Mother used to cut [F] my hair, [Bb] and sister used to make me news
[Cm] Well, it was two rooms up [Ab] and two rooms down, [F] you were sentenced
[Bb] [Eb] [Dm] by the [Cm] record [Bb] train
[Cm]
Sookaroo, [F] sookaroo, [Bb]
[Eb] sookaroo's my [Db] name
[Bb]
[Eb]
[Bb] [Cm]
[Ab] [Eb]
[Bb] [Cm]
[F] [Bb]
[Eb] [G]
[Cm] [Eb]
[Bb] [Ab]
[F] [C]
[F] Sookaroo, sookaroo, [Bb] daddy's [Eb] going on the blues
[Cm] Mother used to cut [F] my hair, [Bb] and sister used to make [D] me news
Well, [Cm] it was two rooms up [Ab] and two rooms down, you [F] were sentenced by the [Bb] record train
So I [Eb] was born [Dm] on the eve [Cm] of [Bb] Halloween
[Cm]
[F] Sookaroo, sookaroo, [Cm]
[F] [Cm]
[F] sookaroo's my [Bb]
[Eb] [Db] name
[Bb]
Key:  
Bb
12341111
Cm
13421113
Eb
12341116
F
134211111
Ab
134211114
Bb
12341111
Cm
13421113
Eb
12341116
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To learn Ringo Starr - Snookeroo chords, anchor your practice on these foundational sequence of chords - F, Bb, Cm, F, Eb, Cm, Ab, Eb and Bb. A good strategy is to initiate at 69 BPM and then accelerate to the track's regular speed of 138 BPM. Set the capo considering your vocal range and favored chords, aligned with the key: Eb Major.

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_ 1, 2, 3, 4 _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ I was [Bb] born in the north of England, [Cm] I was raised in a working [Ab] town
_ [Eb] I broke all the rules [Bb] when I went to school, [Cm] but the teachers couldn't pin [F] me down
_ _ [Bb] I tried to make [Eb] my parents proud, [G] by adapting to the social [Cm] paths
[Eb] Oh, pigs will [Bb] fly and the earth will fry, [Ab] when they can't be doing [F] honest jobs
_ [Cm] _ _ _
_ [F] Sookaroo, sookaroo, [Bb] _ _
daddy's [Eb] going on the [C] blues
Mother used to cut [F] my hair, _ [Bb] and sister used to make me news
[C] Well, it was two rooms up [Ab] and two rooms down, [A] you were sentenced by the record [Bb] _ train
[Eb] Oh, I was [Dm] born on the [Cm] eve of [Bb] Halloween
_ [Cm] _ _ _
_ [F] Sookaroo, sookaroo, _ [Bb] _ _ _
sookaroo's my [Db] name
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ I need someone [Bb] to cook for [Cm] me, and turn me loose [Ab] at night
_ _ [Eb] I could spend my [Bb] life with the factory girls, [Cm] because the factory girls [F] my type
_ _ [Bb] I hear the [Eb] gossip on the street, [G] oh, so what they say [Cm] is true
_ [Eb] Oh, don't you know [Bb] that I hear them say, [Ab] they can't find lazy noob with [F] sookaroo
_ _ _ [Cm] _ _ _
_ [F] Sookaroo, sookaroo, [Bb] _ _
daddy's [Eb] going on the blues
[C] Mother used to cut [F] my hair, _ [Bb] and sister used to make me news
[Cm] Well, it was two rooms up [Ab] and two rooms down, [F] you were sentenced _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ [Dm] by the [Cm] record [Bb] train
_ [Cm] _ _
Sookaroo, [F] _ sookaroo, _ [Bb] _ _ _
[Eb] sookaroo's my [Db] name
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [Cm] _ _ _
_ [Ab] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [Cm] _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ [Cm] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
[F] Sookaroo, sookaroo, _ [Bb] _ daddy's [Eb] going on the blues
[Cm] Mother used to cut [F] my hair, _ [Bb] and sister used to make [D] me news
Well, [Cm] it was two rooms up [Ab] and two rooms down, you [F] were sentenced by the [Bb] record train
So I [Eb] was born [Dm] on the eve [Cm] of [Bb] Halloween
_ [Cm] _ _
[F] Sookaroo, _ sookaroo, _ [Cm] _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ [Cm] _ _
[F] sookaroo's my _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ [Eb] [Db] name
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

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