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Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)
Chords:
G - 3200xx or 32000x
G6 - xx5430
G5 - 3x003x
Gaddb13 - 3x004x (no 3)
G/D - x5543x
G/D* - x5500x
G/C# - x4000x
Am - x0x21x
Amadd9 - xx7500
B/D# - x6444x
B7/D# - xx1202
C - x32010
Cmaj7/F# - xx4500
D7 - xx0212
Em - xx2000
Em* - x7500x
Em** - 0220xx or 02200x
Em*** - 0x200x
E5 - 022xxx
Em/D - x5x000 or xx0000
Em/C# - x4x000
Em/G - xx5400
F13 - 1x123x
Intro:
G6 Em D
G6 Em D
Verse 1A:
G6
I like the treetops
Em
'Cause they're reaching just like me
G6
And I'm tied up in knots
Em
Like the brambles and the weeds
B7/D# Em*
I am the rooster in the morning
B7/D# Em/D Em/C# C
You can hear me cock-a-doooooodling
F13
Yea-ah, yeah yea-ah, oh
Interlude:
G5 Gaddb13 G5
Ooh...
Verse 2:
G
I like the people
Em**
Standing on the street
G
'Cause they are dumb-faced
Em**
Dumb-faced just like me
B7/D# Em*
They're asking, "What we supposed to do?
B7/D# G/D G/C# C
We got our left foot in our right shoe"
F13
Oh-oh, what to do, yeah
Interlude:
G5 Gaddb13 G5
Ooh...
G5 Gaddb13 G5
Ooo-ooh, aayeah, yeah
Bridge:
Amadd9 Cmaj7/F#
And I wear my ball cap to hide my big eyes
Em/G Em
And you wear your black dress to hide your big thighs
Amadd9 Cmaj7/F#
Oh, baby, baby, I'll lose my ball cap
G/D Em***
Well, only if you expose your loose fat
Amadd9 Cmaj7/F#
Oh, don't you know that beauty is only skin deep?
B/D# Em
Well, baby, baby, come on and skin me
Am
I like the biggins
D7
Only 'cause they make me look real thin, yeah
Instrumental:
G6 Em D
G6 Em D
Verse 1B: (for the first three chords, play only the bass notes)
G
I like the treetops
Em
'Cause they're reaching just like me
G
And I'm tied up in knots
E5
Like the brambles and the weeds
B7/D# Em*
I am the rooster in the morning
B7/D# G/D Em/C# C
You can hear me cock-a-doodling
F13
Yea-yea-yea-yeah, mmm
Outro:
G5 Gaddb13 G5
Ooh...
Other Versions & Arrangements
- Ball Cap (Tabs)
Song History
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