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Elton+John - Crocodile+rock

Date: Fri, 20 Oct 1995 00:30:39 -0700
From: snerd 
Subject: CRD: Crocodile Rock   Elton John/Bernie Taupin

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

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

[Intro] - G   G   Em   Em   C   C   D   D   [see below for riff]

[verse 1]

     G                                    Bm
I remember when rock was young...

        C                                D
Holding hands and skimmin' stones  ...

        G                                      Bm
But the biggest kick I ever got    ...

          C                                                D
While the other kids were ....


                  boppin' to the ....


[chorus]

Em                                                A7
Crocodile Rockin' is something ...

D7                                 G
I never had me a better ...

E                                        A7
Oh, Lawdy mamma those Friday ...

D7                               C
the Crocodile Rockin' was out of sight.......................................


G   G   Em   Em   C   C   D   D    [see below for riff]

[verse 2]

[chorus]

[verse 1]

[chorus]

[outro]  G   G   Em   Em   C   C   D   D    [see below for riff]

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

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