Beatles — Rocky Racoon (ver 3) Tab
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HERE'S ROCKY RACOON BY THE BEATLES (TAB). I CAN'T REMEMBER THE LYRICS,
(MUCH LESS REMEMBER THE WORDS AS I'M PLAYING). IF YOU NEED THE LYRICS,
JUST LISTEN TO THE WHITE ALBUM.
THE FOLLOWING PROGRESSION IS REPEATED THROUGHOUT THE SONG:
————3—3—3————3—3—3————3—3—3———2—2—2———1—1—1———1—1—1——
————1—1—1————1—1—1————1—1—1———1—1—1———0—0—0———0—0—0——
————2—2—2————2—2—2————2—2—2———2—2—2———0—0—0———0—0—0——
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—————————————————————————————————————3———————3————————————0—0—0———0—0—0————
—————1—1—1———1—1—1————
—————0—0—0———0—0—0———— REPEAT
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I GET BORED AFTER PLAYING ROCKY RACOON LIKE THIS, SO I OFTEN FINGER PICK
IT AS SHOWN BELOW:
————3—————3———3——3—————3——————
—————1—————1———1——1—————1—————
——————2—————2——————2—————2————
—————————————————0—————0—————— etc.
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THIS SONG IS SO SIMPLE THAT ANYTHING TO KEEP FROM GETTING BORED OUT
OF YOUR MIND IS A DEFINITE PLUS!
TRANSCRIBED BY MYSELF:
BARRY KNOWLES IO91549@MAINE.MAINE.EDU
ENJOY!
From: jude@pipeline.com (Bob Jude Ferrante)
Subject: REQ: Beatles—RRaccoon—Lyrics
intro
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Now somewhere in the black mining hills out Dakota
There lived a young boy name of 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 going to get that boy."
So one day he walked into town and booked himself a room in the local
saloon.
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 Rocket 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 dobt
to help with good Rocky's revival.
Oh yeah, yeah
Da—n—da da da—n—da da da...
regards,
bob jude ferrante
jude@pipeline.com
Date: Thu, 27 Jul 1995 14:14:51 —0400
From: mbeauche@m3isystems.qc.ca (Martin Beauchesne)
Subject: Rocky Raccoon, Beatles
Rocky Raccoon, Beatles
The lyrics below from the White Album are copied
*directly* from the liner notes from the CD.
This songs is a Lennon/McCartney compositions
>From the White Album,
Rocky Raccoon
A7 A7 D7 D7 G7 C Em
e:———3——————3——————2—————2————1—————0—————0————————————————————————————————|
B:———1——————1—————1—————1—————0—————1—————0————————————————————————————————|
G:———0——————0—————2—————2—————0—————0—————0————————————————————————————————|
D:———2——————2———————————————————0—————2—————2———————————————————————————————|
A:————————————————————————————————2—————3—————2———————————————————————————————|
E:————————————————————————————————3————————————0———————————————————————————————|
REPEAT FOR THE WHOLE SONGYou will have to listen to the song to get it wright, but they always hit
the root note
on the beginning of each chord... So enjoy
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 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.
Rocky Raccoon 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 Magil 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 hoe down
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.
Now the doctor came in stinking of gin
And proceeded to lie on the table
He said Rocky you met your match
And Rocky 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.
This TAB transcription was created using TAB MASTER version 1.0
the author: Ofir Zwebner, e—mail: ofirz1@ccsg.tau.ac.il
snail—mail: Ehoud 10, Tel Aviv, 69936, Israel
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Martin Beauchesne
mbeauche@m3isystems.qc.ca
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Harlan L Thompson
ROCKY RACOON— The Beatles
Am7 D7
Now somewhere in the black mountain hills of Dakota
G7
There lived a young boy named Rocky Raccoon
And one day his woman ran off with another guy
C C/B
Hit young Rocky in the Rocky didn't like that
Am7
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
Am7 D7
Rocky Raccoon 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 Magil 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 hoe down
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
Now the doctor came in stinking of gin
And proceeded to lie on the table
He said "Rocky you met your match"
And Rocky 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 revivalAm7: x 0 2 0 1 3
(from The White Album, 1968)
(sent by Harlan at harlant@hawaii.edu)