Daddy Cool chords by The Rays

Chords with lyrics

Daddy Cool:the Rays.
(Daddy Cool was the flip side
 of their hit 'Silhouettes on
 CAMEO Records. It also made the Top 40
 in 1957.)

INTRO:SPOKEN: EbmEbm BB

BB       Bb majorBb       AbAb    DbDb
I saw a crazy chick a-running down the street.
     Eb MajorEb  BB          E MajorE
I said, a-whoo pretty baby, why the ragged beat?
  Eb MajorEb  E MajorE      AbAb        Abm7Abm7
She said, wow, what a square, don't you dig
  AbAb
the scene?
GbGb      AbAb     E MajorE   BB
Daddy Cool's playing his piano machine.
    Eb MajorEb     C minorCm     GbGb     Eb MajorEb
(Daddy who? Daddy Cool! Daddy who? Daddy Cool!)

CHORUS:
   BB      Eb MajorEb
Daddy Cool, Daddy Cool (cool, daddy, cool)
   FF      Eb MajorEb
Daddy Cool, Daddy Cool (cool, daddy, cool)
   Bb majorBb     Bb7Bb7
Daddy Cool, Daddy Coooool..
   Gm7Gm7     Eb MajorEb     EbmEbm    Eb MajorEb
Daddy Cool, Daddy Cool (ah-ha-ha, ah-ha-ha)

#1.
Eb MajorEb
She led me by the hand (cool daddy, cool)
      C minorCm    Eb MajorEb
Down to the railroad track (cool daddy, cool)
          Bb majorBb
There in a tin roof honnnnky tonk,
           Eb MajorEb
Cool Daddy shook the shack (ah-ha-ha, ah-ha-ha.)

#2.
Eb MajorEb
The joint was dim and dark (cool daddy, cool)
      C minorCm   Eb MajorEb
Except for one spotlight (cool daddy, cool)
        Bb majorBb
a-shining onto frantic hands..that rock like
   Eb MajorEb     Bb majorBb    Eb MajorEb
dyna-mite (ah-ha-ha, ah-ha-ha)

CHORUS:
Eb MajorEb
They had it..
   GbGb     Eb MajorEb
Daddy Cool, Daddy Cool (cool, daddy, cool)

They had it..
   Bb majorBb     Eb MajorEb
Daddy Cool, Daddy Cool (cool, daddy, cool)
Eb MajorEb
They had it..
   Bb majorBb     Bb7Bb7
Daddy Cool, Daddy Coooool..
   Gm7Gm7     Eb MajorEb     EbmEbm    Eb MajorEb
Daddy Cool, Daddy Cool (ah-ha-ha, ah-ha-ha)

BRIDGE:
 Eb MajorEb
(Rock Cool Daddy, honky tonkin' Daddy..

 Rock Cool Daddy, honky tonkin' Daddy..
 AbAb    Eb MajorEb   AbAb      EbmEbm
 Rock Cool Daddy, honky tonkin' Daddy..
      Eb MajorEb
 Rock Cool Daddy, honky tonkin' Daddy..
 Bb majorBb    GbGb   AbAb      BB
 Rock Cool Daddy, honky tonkin' Daddy..
 Eb MajorEb
 Rock, rock, rock, rock, rock..

INTERLUDE: Eb MajorEb EbmEbm Eb MajorEb AbAb GbGb AbAb Eb MajorEb EbmEbm Bb majorBb AbAb Eb MajorEb

#3.
Eb MajorEb              F minorFm   Eb MajorEb
The rhythm was so gone (cool daddy, cool)
    C minorCm   Eb MajorEb
I said, come on chick, dance (cool daddy, cool)
     GbGb    Bb majorBb  DbDb  Bb majorBb
And as I held her innnnnn my arms..
 Eb MajorEb   AbAb    Eb MajorEb      AbAb    Eb MajorEb
I knew I found ro-mance (ah-ha-ha, ah-ha-ha).

#4.
Eb MajorEb
Then when they closed the club (cool daddy, cool)
      EbmEbm Eb MajorEb
I walked my baby home (cool daddy, cool)
     BbmBbm   Bb majorBb             Eb MajorEb
But now I see her every night cause she says I'm
        GbGb    Eb MajorEb
her own (ah-ha-ha, ah-ha-ha!)

CHORUS:
   BB      Eb MajorEb
Daddy Cool, Daddy Cool (cool, daddy, cool)
   Bb majorBb     Eb MajorEb
Daddy Cool, Daddy Cool (cool, daddy, cool)
   FF      Bb majorBb  Bb7Bb7
Daddy Cool, Daddy Coooool..
   Gm7Gm7     Eb MajorEb     Bb majorBb    Eb MajorEb
Daddy Cool, Daddy Cool (ah-ha-ha, ah-ha-ha,

ah-ha-ha!)


A augmentedA fifties smash from Kraziekhat.