Index
Home
Vorige
Rocky Raccoon
Composer(s) : Lennon and McCartney
Year : 1968
Alan W. Pollack 's "Notes On" Rocky Raccoon
eight-bar chord progression:
Am7 D7sus4 D7
-----3-3-3-|---3-3-3--|----3-3-3--|--2-2-2--
-----1-1-1-|---1-1-1--|----1-1-1--|--1-1-1--
-----2-2-2-|---2-2-2--|----2-2-2--|--2-2-2--
-----------|----------|-0---------|0--------
---0-------|-0--------|-----------|---------
-----------|----------|-----------|---------
G7 C C/B
---1-1-1---|-1-1-1----|-----3-3-3-|--3-3-3--
---0-0-0---|-0-0-0----|--1-1-1----|-1-1-1---
---0-0-0---|-0-0-0----|---0-0-0---|-0-0-0---
-----------|----------|-----------|---------
-----------|----------|-3---------|-2-------
--3--------|3---------|-----------|---------
intro
-----
White Album intro
Now somewhere in the Black Mountain Hills of Dakota
There lived a young boy named Rocky Raccoon
And one day his woman ran off with another guy
Hit young Rocky in the eye, Rocky didn't like that,
he said, "I'm gonna get that boy"
So one day he walked into town
booked himself a room in the local saloon.
Anthology intro
Rocky Raccoon, he was a fool unto himself
And he would not swallow his foolish pride
Mind you, coming from a little town in Minnesota
It was not the kind of thing that a young guy did
When a fella went and stole his chick away from him
Rocky Racoon checked into his room
only to find Gideon's bible
Rocky had come, equipped with a gun
to shoot off the legs of his rival.
His rival, it seems, had broken his dreams
by stealing the girl of his fancy
Her name was McGill, and she called herself 'Lil'
But everyone knew her as Nancy.
Now she and her man, who called himself Dan
Were in the next room at the hoedown
Rocky burst in, and grinning a grin,
he said, "Danny boy, this is a showdown."
But Daniel was hot. He drew first and shot
and Rocky collapsed in the corner.
Da-n-da da da-n-da da da...
Now the doctor came in, stinking of gin
and proceeded to lie on the table.
He said, "Rocky, you met your match."
But Rockey said, "Doc, it's only a scratch.
And I'll be better... I'll be better Doc as soon as I am able."
Now Rocky Raccoon, he fell back in his room
only to find Gideon's bible.
Gideon checked out, and he left it no doubt
to help with good Rocky's revival.
Oh yeah, yeah
Da-n-da da da-n-da da da...
|Am7 | Am7 ||
verse 1
Am7
Now somewhere in the Black Mountain Hills of Dakota
D7sus4 D7
There lived a young boy named Rocky Racco - on
G7 C
And one day his woman ran off with another guy
C/B Am7
Hit young Rocky in the eye Rocky didn't like that
D7sus4 D7
He said "I'm gonna get that boy"
G7
So one day he walked into town
C C/B
Booked himself a room in the local saloon.
verse 2
Am7 D7sus4 D7
Rocky Raccoon checked into his room,
G7 C C/B
Only to find Gideon's bible
Am7 D7sus4 D7
Rocky had come equipped with a gun
G7 C C/B
To shoot off the legs of his rival
Am7 D7sus4 D7
His rival it seems had broken his dreams,
G7 C C/B
By stealing the girl of his fancy.
Am7 D7sus4 D7
Her name was Magil and she called herself Lil
G7 C C/B
But everyone knew her as Nancy
verse 3
Am7 D7sus4 D7
Now she and her man who called himself Dan,
G7 C C/B
Were in the next room at the hoe-down.
Am7 D7sus4 D7
Rocky burst in and grinning a grin,
G7 C C/B
He said "Danny boy this is a showdown"
Am7 D7sus4 D7
But Daniel was hot, he drew first and shot,
G7 C C/B
And Rocky collapsed in the corner.
piano break
|: Am7 | D7sus4 D7 | G7 | C C/B :|
verse 4
Am7 D7sus4 D7
Now the doctor came in stinking of gin
G7 C C/B
And proceeded to lie on the table
Am7
He said "Rocky you met your match"
D7sus4 D7
and Rocky said, "Doc it's only a scratch
G7
And I'll be better, I'll be better doc
C C/B
as soon as I am able"
verse 5
Am7 D7sus4 D7
Now Rocky Raccoon he fell back in his room,
G7 C C/B
Only to find Gideon's bible
Am7 D7sus4 D7
Gideon checked out and he left it no doubt
G7 C C/B
To help with good Rocky's revival.
piano break 2
| Am7 | D7sus4 D7 | G7 | C C/B |
coda
| Am7 | D7sus4 D7 | G7 | C G7 | C |
Anthology verse 4+5
The doctor walked in, sminking of gin (laughs), 'sminking'?
Proceeded to lie on the table (he was really "sminking" of gin)
And it did him in, in the end, poor doc
Meantime, back on the table, yeah
Doctor said, "Rock, you met your match, son"
Rocky said, "it's only a scratch, son
I'll be better soon, he better be, better soon, said the doc
"Come on, son
Gotta get hip, gotta get up, gotta get back till you're good
Gotta go show that Danny boy"
However, Rocky Raccoon fell back in his room
Only to find Gideon's bible
Gideon checked out and left it no doubt
To help with good Rocky's revival
Ook op The Beatles [White Album]:
Ook op Anthology 3:
(c) 2024 Serge Girard
(c) Alan Aldrigde, The Beatles Illustrated Lyrics