The Stylistics - Rock and roll baby

^ATootsie roll soul and doodle-white shoes Papa's sure proud of his little bitty rockin' roll ^Dbaby Singin' at the age of ^Atwo He can ^Ehardly talk but he ^Bmsure knows how to sing the ^Ablues

^ALittle Joe never sings out of tune Always in key, he's a soulful little rockin' roll ^Dbaby Papa loves the way you ^Ado Never ^Eheard a boy sing the ^Bmway my little Joey ^Ado

He was ^F#mborn in a ^Dtheatre in ^DbmBluefield, West ^F#Virginia ^BmHis ma and ^DbmI were ^Dtravelin' on the ^Eroad I worked ^F#mhard all that ^Dsummer as a ^Dbmfill-in for the ^F#drummer ^BmOne-night ^Bbmstands weren't ^Eeasy for little ^AJoe

^ABought a new house in Beverly Hills Papa made it big and he did it for his rockin' roll ^Dbaby A little bit of rhythm and ^Ablues Got a ^Efunky walk in his ^Bmlittle orthopedic ^Ashoes

He was ^F#mborn in a ^Dtheatre in ^DbmBluefield, West ^F#Virginia ^BmHis ma and ^DbmI were ^Dtravelin' on the ^Eroad I worked ^F#mhard all that ^Dsummer as a ^Dbmfill-in for the ^F#drummer ^BmOne-night ^Bbmstands weren't ^Eeasy for little ^AJoe