Michael Jackson, Rockin Robin (1972)
Key: :[F#] (w: Jimmie Thomas a.k.a. Leon Rene) (Bobby Day, 1958, Key: G)
INTRO:
[F#] Tweddle tweddle dee
[G#m] Tweddle
[A#m] tweddle dee
[F#] Tweddle tweddle dee
[G#m] Tweddle
[A#m] tweddle dee
[F#] Tweddle tweddle dee
[G#m] Tweddle
[A#m] tweddle dee
[F#] Tweet, tweet... tweet, tweet
VERSE 1:
He
[F#] rocks in the tree tops all day long
[F#] Hoppin' and a-boppin' and singing his song
[F#] All the little birdies on Jaybird Street
[F#] Love to hear the robin go tweet, tweet, tweet
CHORUS:
Rockin'
[B] robin, rock, rock;
Rockin'
[F#] robin
[C#] Blow rockin' robin, cause
we're
[B] really gonna rock to-
[F#]-night
VERSE 2:
[F#] Every little swallow, every chick-a-dee
[F#] Every little bird in the tall oak tree
[F#] The wise old owl, the big black crow
[F#] Flappin' their wings singing go bird go
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INSTRUMENTAL: [12-Bar]
BRIDGE 1:
[B] Pretty little raven at the bird-band stand
[F#] Told them how to do the bop and it was grand
[B] They started going steady and-a bless my soul
[C# open] He out-bopped the buzzard and the oriol
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