Key: C major
Verse 1
C
Bb
F
C
Bb
F
C
The other
day I was walking along
F
with nothing much to do
G
I came upon the strangest thing
F
C
and I'm gonna tell it to you
There in a clearing by an old gum tree
F
Stood a young kangaroo and he's dead
G
That young kangaroo refused to hop
F
And this is what he said
C
F
You know I ain't gonna hop, hop
I really wish you'd stop, hop
C
Tellin' me I'm gonna hop like you
G
All this hoppin' along
doesn't turn me on
F
C
I've got better things to do
F
I really wouldn't mind
flyin' high like an eagle
C
Or swimmin' like a porpoise in the sea
F
C
Yeah, but hoppin's a gig
G
C
that I really don't dig
F
C
It's just not my scene if
G
you get what I mean
C
F
G
I want to do my own thing, Pop,
C
Bb
F
C
Bb
I want to play rock 'n 'roll
F
C
Well, the old kangaroo,
he was taken by surprise
F
He said, won't you listen to me, son
G
Kangaroos can't play rock 'n 'roll
F
C
Don't you know that it can't be done
Son, you're from Australia
and you'd be called a failure
F
if you don't learn how to hop.
G
Don't let your country down, son,
F
C
but the young kangaroo said, Pop,
F
you know I ain't gonna hop, pop,
I really wish you'd stop, pop,
C
Tellin' me I've gotta hop like you.
G
All this hopping along
doesn't turn me on
F
I've got better things to do
C
F
You know I really wouldn't mind
flying high like an eagle
C
Or swimming like a porpoise in the sea
F
C
G
But hopping's a gig that I really don't dig
C
F
C
It's just not my scene
G
if you get what I mean
C
F
I wanna do my own thing
G
C
I want to play rock 'n 'roll all the time!
Bb
F
C
Bb
Rock 'n 'roll, that's me, Papa.
F
C
Well the years went by
and that young kangaroo
F
Learned to play on his guitar
G
He practiced singing and
he joined a group
F
C
And one day he became a big star
Now he's on the hit parade
and television too
F
And everybody's following him
G
And all around Australia
F
C
All the young kangaroos are heard to sing
F
You know I ain't gonna hop, hop
I really wish you'd stop, pop
C
Tellin' me I've gotta hop like you
G
All this hopping along
doesn't turn me on
F
I've got better things to do
C
F
And now the young kangaroo
is flying high like an eagle
C
And all around the world he's a star
F
C
And everyone digs his
G
C
rock 'n 'roll gigs
F
C
Like rock 'ns he's seen,
G
C
if you get what I mean
F
G
He proved he can do his own thing
And play rock 'n 'roll!
C
Yeah!
Let's play rock 'n 'roll!
Bb
F
C
It's only rock 'n 'roll at
Bb
F
C
It's only rock 'n 'roll at night!
Rock and roll,
Bb
F
C
keep playin' rock and roll
Bb
F
Rock and roll
Yeah!
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