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