Rooty Toot Toot chords by John Mellencamp

Intro:
1 bar - drums only
1 bar - Gtr Motif 1 with delay
1 bar - drums only
A D G A
A D
Gtr Motif 1:
e|--------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------|
G|---------------------0h2---2-0-2~-----|
D|--4b5-5--5-5-5br4----0h2---2-0-2~-----|
A|--------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------|

Verse 1:
A                   D
Got my hands on a little bit of dough
G

So I went to the grocery store
     A
And got some steaks to go
A                              D
Went by and picked up my gal, Teddi Jo
G
We had ourselves a picnic
   A
Beside a dirt road

Percussion Break:
3 beats

Chorus:
A
Rooty toot toot
D
Rooty toot toot
G
We had it made in the shade
A
Like a ball through the hoop
A                        D
Spinnin' and tumblin' inside this hoola hoop
G
Livin' and learnin'
A
Rooty toot toot

Gtr Motif 2:
e|--------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------|    x3
D|--4b5-5--5-5-5br4----x----------------|
A|------------------------0-------------|
E|--------------------------------------|

Verse 2:
A
We laid out a blanket
D
And started a fire
G
Had the radio playin'
A
From inside the car
A                       D
I took off my shirt and I kicked off my shoes
G
She read the paper
A
And told me the news
A
She said, there's a lot of people out there
D
Who are at the end of their rope
G
Sometimes baby
A
You've got to lay low

Gtr Break:
2 beats
G-G F#-G F#

Chorus:
A
Rooty toot toot
D
Rooty toot toot
G
We had it made in the shade
A
Like a ball through the hoop
A                        D
Spinnin' and tumblin' inside this hoola hoop
G
Livin' and learnin'
A
Rooty toot toot

Gtr Motif 2:
e|--------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------|
D|--4b5-5--5-5-5br4----x----------------|
A|------------------------0-------------|
E|--------------------------------------|

Bridge:
D                    A
We stayed there all day
D                     A
We both got us some real good suntans
D                   A
I thought that was ok
G                   A
Sometimes life can be so grand
E       G         A      N.C.
Percussion Break:
4 bars

Verse 3:
(percussion only)
We were gettin' ready

To shake out of that place

When the Illinois state trooper

Got in my face

He said, You're on private property

But once he cooled down he was ok

Sometimes you're golden, man

That's all I got to say

Gtr Break:
4 beats
G-G F#-G F#, G-G F#-G F#

Chorus:
A
Rooty toot toot
D
Rooty toot toot
G
We had it made in the shade
A
Like a ball through the hoop
A                        D
Spinnin' and tumblin' inside this hoola hoop
G
Livin' and learnin'
A
Rooty toot toot

Chorus:
A
Rooty toot toot
D
Rooty toot toot
G
We had it made in the shade
A
Like a ball through the hoop
A                        D
Spinnin' and tumblin' inside this hoola hoop
G
Livin' and learnin'
A
Rooty toot toot


Gtr Break:
4 beats
G-G F#-G F#,  G-G F#-G F#

Gtr Motif 2:
e|--------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------|
D|--4b5-5--5-5-5br4----x----------------|
A|------------------------0-------------|
E|--------------------------------------|