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Date: Fri, 20 Oct 1995 00:30:39 -0700 From: snerd <snerd@mortimer.com> Subject: CRD: Crocodile Rock Elton John/Bernie Taupin CROCODILE ROCK Elton John/Bernie Taupin 1972 Dick James Music Ltd. Pre-Intro- begin slowly - G [4 beats] C/E [2 beats] F# [2 beats] - now go to tempo [Intro] - G G Em Em C C D D [see below for riff] [verse 1]
I remGember when rock was young, me and BmSusie had so much fun Holding Chands and skimmin' stones had a Dold gold Chevy & a place of my own
But the Gbiggest kick I ever got was doin' a Bmthing called the Crocodile Rock While the Cother kids were rockin' 'round the clock we were Dhoppin' and
boppin' to the Crocodile Rock, well [chorus]
EmCrocodile Rockin' is something shockin' when your A7feet just can't keep still D7I never had me a better time and I Gguess I never will.
EOh, Lawdy mamma those Friday nights when A7Susie wore her dresses tight and D7the Crocodile Rockin' was out of Csight.......................................
G G Em Em C C D D [see below for riff] [verse 2] But the years went by and rock just died, Susie went & left me for some foreign guy, Long nights cryin' by the record machine dreamin' of my Chevy & my old blue jeans but they'll Never kill the thrills we've got burnin' up to the Crocodile Rock, Learning fast till the weeks went past, we really thought the Crocodile Rock would last, well [chorus] [verse 1] [chorus] [outro] G G Em Em C C D D [see below for riff] RIFF - if you know how it goes, the extra notes you throw in at the appropriate spots are- E on the G chord F# on the Em and C chords G on the D chord [dropping the F#] BASS - Walk up from the root to the sixth on each 1/4 note, so in each bar the notes are- G - G B D E Em- E G B D C - C E G A D - D F# A B