Crocodile Rock chords by Elton John

Chords with lyrics

CROCODILE ROCK
          Elton John/Bernie Taupin
          1972  Dick James Music Ltd.

Pre-Intro- begin slowly - G+G [4 beats] C/EC/E [2 beats] F#F# [2 beats]
          - now go to tempo

[Intro] - G+G  G+G  E minorEm  E minorEm  C majorC  C majorC  D MajorD  D MajorD  [see below for riff]

[verse 1]

   G+G                  B minorBm
I remember when rock was young...

    C majorC                D MajorD
Holding hands and skimmin' stones ...

    G+G                   B minorBm
But the biggest kick I ever got  ...

     C majorC                        D MajorD
While the other kids were ....

         boppin' to the ....


[chorus]

E minorEm                        A7A7
Crocodile Rockin' is something ...

D7D7                 G+G
I never had me a better ...

E MajorE                    A7A7
Oh, Lawdy mamma those Friday ...

D7D7                C majorC
the Crocodile Rockin' was out of sight.......................................


G+G  G+G  E minorEm  E minorEm  C majorC  C majorC  D MajorD  D MajorD  [see below for riff]

[verse 2]

[chorus]

[verse 1]

[chorus]

[outro] G+G  G+G  E minorEm  E minorEm  C majorC  C majorC  D MajorD  D MajorD  [see below for riff]

RIFF - if you know how it goes, the extra notes you throw in at the
    appropriate spots are-
    E MajorE on the G+G chord
    F#F# on the E minorEm and C majorC chords
    G+G on the D MajorD chord [dropping the F#F#]

BASS - Walk up from the root to the sixth on each 1/4 note, so in each
    bar the notes are-
    G+G - G+G BB D MajorD E MajorE
    Em- E MajorE G+G BB D MajorD
    C majorC - C majorC E MajorE G+G A augmentedA
    D MajorD - D MajorD F#F# A augmentedA BB

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