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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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]
[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
Cm
Eb
F
Ab
Bb
Cm
Eb
_ 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] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [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] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _