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