Rooster chords by Ray Wylie Hubbard

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Intro 1

Verse 1

My rooster crows at dawn

Don't do nothing when the dark come on

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Verse 2

You know it don't seem right

Ah, it don't seem right

Bird oughta do something

Verse 3
about it gettin' night
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I ain't the criminal kind  (C minor)  (C major) 
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I was  (C minor) never the criminal kind  (C major) 
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I just  (C minor) do  a little pilfer (C major) ing from time to time

Verse 4
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It was around  (C minor) Muscle Shoals  (C major) 
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It was around Muscle Shoals  (C minor) 
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 (C major) I  was  (C minor) crawlin' in a window,
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 (C major) I  got shot full of holes

Verse 5

So it was at that time

It was at that time

Verse 6
I decided to forgo my life of crime
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So I got me a guitar
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 (C minor)  (C major) Oh, I got me a guitar
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I play all  (C minor) night for some money
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in a jar  (C major) 

Interlude 1

Verse 7
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I got me  (C major) a suit of clothes
I got a suit of clothes
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I rarely  (C minor) get home before
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my rooster  (C major) crows
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 (C minor)  (C major) 

Verse 8
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My rooster crows at dawn  (C minor) 
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 (C major) My rooster crows at dawn  (C minor)  (C major) 
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 (C minor) Don't do nothing when
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the dark  (C major) come on  (C major) 