Chords for Rock Lobster • The B-52's

_ _ _ _ _ _ I'd like to introduce the band.
On lead guitar we have Snapper. _ _
_ _ [A] On drums we have the [E] former Pebble. _
_ _ On vocals and tambourine we have Cinderella.
_ _ _ _ _ On organ and guitar we have Swoop Bagnell. _ _ _ _
And on slack, Thompson.
_ _ _ _ [B] _
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ [E]
This is called Rock [F] Lobster.
_ _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ _ We [F] made it!
[D] _
_ [A] _ Alright. _ _ _ _
_ [Ab] _ _ _ _ _ _ [C]
We [Ab] _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
were at a party.
_ We all [Ab] fell in the deep.
[C] _
_ [Cm] _ _ [A] We're the [Cm] Rock [C] Lobster! _
_ [Eb] _ _ [Ab] _ _ [G] _ [C] Rock Lobster!
[Eb] _ _ [Ab] _ _ [G] _ [C] Rock Lobster!
[Eb] _ _ [Ab] _ _ [G] _ _ [C] _
_ [Eb] _ _ [Ab] _ _ [G] _ _ [C] _
_ [Ab] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ [Ab] _ _ [C] _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _
We were at the [Ab] beach.
[G] _ Everybody [Cm] had _ [D]
something to eat.
[C] When [G] I saw a dog, there they [Ab] saw a rock.
It [A]
wasn't a [Cm] rock.
_ [C] It was a rock lobster! _
_ [Eb] _ _ [Ab] _ _ [G] _ [C] Rock Lobster!
[Eb] _ _ [Ab] _ _ [G] _ _ [C] _
_ [Eb] _ _ [Ab] _ _ [G] _ _ [C] _
_ [Eb] _ _ [Ab] _ _ [G] _ _ [C] _
_ [Ab] _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ [Ab] _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ _ [Db] _ _ [Dm] _
_ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _ [Cm] Ocean in the ocean.
[G] _ [D] There was a boat.
[G] _ [Dm] Lots of [G] pebbles.
[C] Lots of pebbles.
_ [A] It was in a jail.
[G] _ [D] In a giant [G] firehouse.
[C] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
Rock.
_ Rock.
_ _ [F] _
Lobster!
[E] Go [Bb] down.
_ _ [Db] _
_ [C] _ _ [B] _ _ [Bb] _ [A] _ _
_ [Ab] _ _ [G] _ _ [Gb] _ _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ [Dm] _ _ [G] _
_ [A] _ _ [A] _ _ _ I _ _ _ _ can hear the waves.
[G] _
[D] Surfing waves.
_ _ [A] _ _ _
Waving big waves.
Sea of [C] jelly. _
Soft and swelling.
_ _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Ab] _
_ [G] _ [C] Rock [Eb] Lobster!
_ [Ab] _
_ [G] _ [C] Rock Lobster!
[Eb] _ _ [Ab] _
_ [G] _ [C] _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Ab] _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ [C] _
_ [Ab] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ [Ab] _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ [Db] _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] White [A] sand sanders.
Black rock timers.
Black [D] rock backfins.
[G] Black rock [G] slivers.
_ [Bb] _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ Rock.
Rock. _ _
_ [F] Rock Lobster!
[E] Go down.
[Bb] _ _
[D] _ _ [Db] _ _ [C] _ _ [B] _ _
[Bb] _ _ [A] _ _ [Ab] _ _ [G] _ _
[Gb] _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ [G] _ _ _ [Ab] Rock [F] _
_ _ _ Lobster!
[A] _ [F] _ _
_ Rock _ _ _ _ _
_ [Eb] _ _ [F] _ _ [Eb] _ _ [C] _
_ [Eb] _ _ [F] _ _ [N] _ [Fm] Lobster!
_ [Ab] _ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
Everybody's talking.
_ _ Everybody's talking.
[Ab] _ [F] In the fire.
[Ab] Having fun.
Taking _ _ a potato.
Making it into [F] tart.
_ [Ab] _ [F] Put on your nose [Ab] guard.
[F] Put on some light [Ab] guards.
[F]
Have some [Eb] canning butter.
[F] _ _ _ [Ab] _ [F] Here comes the [Ab] stingray.
There comes the manta ray.
In water jelly fish.
_ There comes the turbo.
_ [F]
Here comes the gunfish.
_ Chased by a dogfish. _
There comes the [Ab] kilt.
[F] _ Watch out for [Ab] that piranha.
[F]
Here comes the [Ab] narwhal.
[F] Here comes [Ab] the mackerel.
_ [Fm] _
_ [Ab] _ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Rock Lobster!
_ _ [Ab] _ _
Rock Lobster!
_ Rock Lobster!
_ [F] _
_ _ _ _ Rock _ _
_ _ [Ab] _ [B] Lobster!
Thank you.
Thank you.
[E] _ Don't forget, waitresses work for tips. _
[E] _ I'm a waiter, I know.
_ _ [N] _
What's A to R9?
_ _ [D] _ _ _
_ Ladies and gentlemen, the B-52. _ _ _