JOHN ELTON - "crocodile rock" Tablature

Date: Fri, 20 Oct 1995 00:30:39 -0700
From: snerd <snerd@mortimer.com>
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