Rooty Toot Toot chords by
John Mellencamp 
Key: D major•
Intro 1
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Got my hands
Verse 1
D
on a little bit of dough
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So I went to the grocery store
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And got some steaks to go
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Went by, and picked up my gal, Teddi Jo
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Gm
We had ourselves a picnic
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Be side a dirty road
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Rooty
Verse 2
toot toot
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Rooty toot toot
We had it made in the shade
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Like a bell through the hoop
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Spinning and tumbling in side this
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Hoola hoop
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Living and learning rooty toot toot
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Verse 3
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We laid out a blanket
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And star ted a fire.
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Had the radio play ing
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From in side the car
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I took off my shirt
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And kicked off my shoes
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She read the paper
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And told me the news
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She said, "There's a lot
of people out there"
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"Who are at the end of
their rope"
"Sometimes,
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baby you've got to lay low"
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Verse 4
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Rooty toot toot
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G
Rooty toot toot
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We had it made in the shade
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Like a bell through the hoop
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Spin ning and tumbling
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inside this
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Hoola hoop
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A
Livin' and learnin' rooty toot toot
Verse 5
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We stayed there all day
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We both get us some real
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Good suntans
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I thought, that was OK
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Sometimes life can be so grand
Interlude 1
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We were getting' ready To shake
Verse 6
out that place
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When the Illinois state trooper
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Got in my face
He said, "You're on private property"
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But once he cooled down, he was OK
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Some times you're golden, man
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That's all I got to say
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Verse 7
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Rooty toot toot
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Rooty
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toot
toot
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D
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We had it made in the shade
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D
Like a bell through the hoop
A
Spin nin' and tumblin'
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in side this
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Hoola hoop
D
G
Livin' and learnin' rooty
Outro 1
toot toot
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G
D
G
D
G
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