Crocodile Rock

	 
[Intro]
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[Verse]
     G                               
I remember when rock was young,    me
     Bm 
 and Susie had so much fun 
I remember when rock was young,    me and Susie had so much fun 
        C                         
Holding hands and skimmin' stones 
       D 
 had a old gold Chevy & a
 place of my own 
Holding hands and skimmin' stones  had a old gold Chevy & a place of my own 
        G                         
But the biggest kick I ever got   
             Bm 
 was doin' a thing called the
 Crocodile Rock 
But the biggest kick I ever got    was doin' a thing called the Crocodile Rock 
          C                      
While the other kids were rockin'
                          D 
 'round the clock we were hoppin'
 and 
While the other kids were rockin' 'round the clock we were hoppin' and 
  
boppin' to the Crocodile Rock, well
[Chorus]
Em                            
Crocodile Rockin' is something
                    A7 
 shockin' when your feet just
 can't keep still 
Crocodile Rockin' is something shockin' when your feet just can't keep still 
D7                                
I never knew me a better time and I
 G 
 guess I never will. 
I never knew me a better time and I guess I never will. 
E                                  
Oh, Lawdy mamma those Friday nights
      A7 
 when Susie wore her dresses tight
 and 
Oh, Lawdy mamma those Friday nights when Susie wore her dresses tight and 
D7                              
the Crocodile Rockin' was out of
 F C F C F C 
 sight.
the Crocodile Rockin' was out of sight.
[Interlude]
G   G   Em   Em   C   C   D   D
[Verse]
        G                          
But the years went by and rock just
       Bm 
 died, Susie went and left me for
 some foreign guy, 
But the years went by and rock just died, Susie went and left me for some foreign guy, 
C                               
Long nights cryin' by the record
         D 
 machine dreamin' of my Chevy
 & my old blue jeans but they'll 
Long nights cryin' by the record machine dreamin' of my Chevy & my old blue jeans but they'll 
G                               
Never kill the thrills we got   
         Bm 
 burnin' up to the Crocodile
 Rock, 
Never kill the thrills we got    burnin' up to the Crocodile Rock, 
         C                           
Learning fast as the weeks went past,
             D 
 we really thought the Crocodile Rock
 would last, well
Learning fast as the weeks went past, we really thought the Crocodile Rock would last, well
[Chorus]
Em                            
Crocodile Rockin' is something
                    A7 
 shockin' when your feet just
 can't keep still 
Crocodile Rockin' is something shockin' when your feet just can't keep still 
D7                                 
I never knew me a better time and I
 G 
 guess I never will. 
I never knew me a better time and I guess I never will. 
E                                  
Oh, Lawdy mamma those Friday nights
      A7 
 when Susie wore her dresses tight
 and 
Oh, Lawdy mamma those Friday nights when Susie wore her dresses tight and 
D7                              
the Crocodile Rockin' was out of
 F C F C F C 
 sight.
the Crocodile Rockin' was out of sight.
[Interlude]
G   G   Em   Em   C   C   D   D
[Verse]
     G                               
I remember when rock was young,    me
     Bm 
 and Susie had so much fun 
I remember when rock was young,    me and Susie had so much fun 
        C                         
Holding hands and skimmin' stones 
       D 
 had a old gold Chevy & a
 place of my own 
Holding hands and skimmin' stones  had a old gold Chevy & a place of my own 
        G                         
But the biggest kick I ever got   
             Bm 
 was doin' a thing called the
 Crocodile Rock 
But the biggest kick I ever got    was doin' a thing called the Crocodile Rock 
          C                      
While the other kids were rockin'
                          D 
 'round the clock we were hoppin'
 and 
While the other kids were rockin' 'round the clock we were hoppin' and 
  
boppin' to the Crocodile Rock, well
[Chorus]
Em                            
Crocodile Rockin' is something
                    A7 
 shockin' when your feet just
 can't keep still 
Crocodile Rockin' is something shockin' when your feet just can't keep still 
D7                                 
I never knew me a better time and I
 G 
 guess I never will. 
I never knew me a better time and I guess I never will. 
E                                  
Oh, Lawdy mamma those Friday nights
      A7 
 when Susie wore her dresses tight
 and 
Oh, Lawdy mamma those Friday nights when Susie wore her dresses tight and 
D7                              
the Crocodile Rockin' was out of
 F C F C F C 
 sight.
the Crocodile Rockin' was out of sight.
[Outro]
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