Rock And Roll Hoochie Koo chords by Rick Derringer

see performance notes at end...


Intro: F G Am   F C G Am  E

  A5                          C/A        D/A C/A  Am
 Couldn't stop moving when it first took hold
           A5                      C/A      D/A C/A  Am
 It was a warm spring night at the old town hall
              A5                                C/A       D/A C/A  Am
 There was a group called The Jokers, they were laying it down
            A5                             C/A   D/A C/A  Am
 Don't you know I'm never gonna lose that funky sound

 F  NC       G   NC         Am
Rock and roll, hoochie koo (rock and roll, hoochie koo)
 F           C    G   Am
Lawdy Mama, light my fuse (light my fuse)
 F  NC       G   NC         Am
Rock and roll, hoochie koo (rock and roll, hoochie koo)
 F        C         G        Am  NC    E
Truck on out and spread the news

  A5                                 C/A     D/A C/A  Am
'Skeeters start a-buzzin' 'bout this time of year
     A5                            C/A     D/A C/A  Am
I'm going 'round back, said she'd meet me there
         A5                                C/A     D/A C/A  Am
We were rolling in the grass that grows behind the barn
        A5                          C/A   D/A C/A  Am
When my ears started ringing like a fire alarm

 F  NC       G   NC         Am
Rock and roll, hoochie koo (rock and roll, hoochie koo)
 F           C    G   Am
Lawdy Mama, light my fuse (light my fuse)
 F  NC       G   NC         Am
Rock and roll, hoochie koo (rock and roll, hoochie koo)
 F        C         G        Am  NC    E
Truck on out and spread the news     yeah, did somebody say keep on rockin'?

Solo: (A5  C/A D/A) x12   (A D) x4

   A5                        C/A      D/A C/A  Am
I hope you all know what I'm talking about
     A5                                C/A      D/A C/A  Am
The way they wiggle that thing really knocks me out
         A5                         C/A     D/A C/A  Am
Getting high all the time, hope you all are too
     A5                        C/A      D/A C/A  Am
Come on a little closer, gonna do it to you

 F  NC       G   NC         Am
Rock and roll, hoochie koo (rock and roll, hoochie koo)
 F           C    G   Am
Lawdy Mama, light my fuse (light my fuse)
 F  NC       G   NC         Am
Rock and roll, hoochie koo (rock and roll, hoochie koo)
 F        C         G        Am  NC
Truck on out and spread the news,    whoa

 F           G              Am
Rock and roll, hoochie koo (rock and roll, hoochie koo)
 F           C    G   Am
Lawdy mama, light my fuse (rock and roll, hoochie koo)
 F           G              Am
Rock and roll, hoochie koo (rock and roll, hoochie koo)
  F       C         G        Am
Truck on out and spread the news, yeah (rock and roll, hoochie koo)
 F        G               Am
That I'm tired of paying dues (rock and roll, hoochie koo)
 F             G             Am
Done said goodbye to all my blues (rock and roll, hoochie koo)
 F  NC     C          Am
Lawdy mama, light my fuse



Simple version of chords/riffs:

  A5 C/A D/A  Am riff           F G  Am  C   Am riff2
e-----------------------------|-1--3--0-----|---------------------------
B-----------------------------|-1--3--1--5--|-1-------------------------
G-2---5---7---2-2-2p0-------2-|-2--4--2--5--|-2-0-2--5-2-0-2------------
D-2---5---7---2------2p0----2-|-3--5--2--5--|-2-0-2--5-2-0-2------------
A-0---0---0---0---------3p0-0-|-3--5--0--3--|-0-------------------------
E-----------------------------|-1--3--------|---------------------------