[Intro - no drums - finger pick - free time Start note is E - so unfret the third finger when playing B minor] [Secondary vocal effect - octave up]
[Bmadd4-x24430] Lately, I've been, [Dsus2] I've been losing sleep [A] Dreaming about the things that [G] we could be But [Bm] baby, I've been, [D] I've been praying hard, [A] Said no more counting dollars [G] We'll be counting stars, yeah w [G] e'll be counting stars
[Interlude - Full drums] [Bm][Bm7][Dadd9][A][Aadd6][Asus4][G] E -2-----5-2---0-------5-----0---2-2-------------3 B -3-----3-3---3-------3-----2---2-3-------------3 G -4-----2-3---2-------2-----2---2-2-------------0 repeat D -4-----4-4---0-------0-----2---2-2-------------0 A -2-------------------------0---0-0-------------x E -----------------------------------------------3
[Verse 1 - Just bass drum] I see this [Bm] life like a swinging vine [D] Swing my heart across the line And [A] in my face is flashing signs [G] Seek it out and ye shall find (full drums but light) [Bm] Old, but I'm not that old [D] Young, but I'm not that bold [A] I don't think the world is sold [G] On just doing what we're told
[Pre-Chorus - HEAD VOICE - THIS IS HIGH] [Bm] I .. I I I I [D] Feel something so [A] right Doing the [G] wrong thing [Bm] I .. I I I I [D] Feel something so [A] wrong Doing the [G] right thing [G] I couldn't lie, couldn't lie, couldn't lie [G] Everything that [N.C.] kills me makes me feel alive
[Chorus - Lower octave to begin with then up - vocal effect to be one octave up?] [Bm] Lately, I've been, [D] I've been losing sleep [A] Dreaming about the things that [G] we could be [Bm] But baby, I've been, [D] I've been praying hard, [A] Said no more counting dollars [G] We'll be counting stars (up an octave) [Bm] Lately, I've been, [D] I've been losing sleep [A] Dreaming about the things that [G] we could be [Bm] But baby, I've been, [D] I've been praying hard, [A] Said, no more counting dollars [G] We'll be, we'll be counting stars
[Interlude] [Bm][D][A][G] x 2
[Verse 2 - Just bass drum] I feel your [Bm] love and I feel it burn [D] Down this river, every turn [A] Hope is our four-letter word [G] Make that money, watch (drums in) it burn [Bm] Old, but I'm not that old [D] Young, but I'm not that bold [A] And I don't think the world is sold [G] On just doing what we're told
[Pre-Chorus - HEAD VOICE - THIS IS HIGH] [Bm] I .. I I I I [D] feel something so wr [A] ong Doing the [G] right thing [G] I couldn't lie, couldn't lie, couldn't lie [G] Everything that [N.C.] drowns me makes me wanna fly
[Chorus - At higher octave all way] [Bm] Lately, I've been, [D] I've been losing sleep [A] Dreaming about the things that [G] we could be But [Bm] baby, I've been, [D] I've been praying hard, [A] Said no more counting dollars [G] We'll be counting stars [Bm] Lately, I've been, [D] I've been losing sleep [A] Dreaming about the things that [G] we could be But [Bm] baby, I've been, [D] I've been praying hard, [A] Said no more counting dollars [G] We'll be, we'll be counting stars (drums go to just bass drum)
[Bridge - Chord just as start staccato - Just bass drum] [Bm] Oh, take that money, watch it burn [D] Sink in the river the lessons I learned [A] Take that money, watch it burn [G] Sink in the river the lessons I learned [Bm] Oh, take that money, watch it burn [D] Sink in the river the lessons I learned [A] Take that money, watch it burn [G] Sink in the river the lessons I learned (Drums stop) [G] Everything that [Em] kills me ...… makes feel alive
[Chorus] [Bm] Lately, I've been, [D] I've been losing sleep [A] Dreaming about the things that [G] we could be .. But [Bm] baby, I've been, [D] I've been praying hard, [A] Said, no more counting dollars [G] We'll be counting stars [Bm] Lately, I've been, [D] I've been losing sleep [A] Dreaming about the things that [G] we could be .. But [Bm] baby, I've been, [D] I've been praying hard, [A] Said, no more counting dollars [G] We'll be, we'll be counting stars
[Outro] [Bm] Take that money, watch it burn [D] Sink in the river, the lessons I learned [A] Take that money, watch it burn [G] Sink in the river, the lessons I learned [Bm] Take that money, watch it burn [D] Sink in the river, the lessons I learned [A] Take that money, watch it burn (drums stop) [G] Sink in the river, the lessons I learned
[Intro - BPM 152 - Laaaa la la la la laaaa bit] [G][G][Em][Em] - [C][C][D][D]
[Verse 1] I rem [G] ember when rock was young, me and [Bm] Susie had so much fun Holding [C] hands and skimmin' stones had a [D] old gold Chevy & a place of my own But the [G] biggest kick I ever got was doin' a [Bm] thing called the Crocodile Rock While the [C] other kids were rockin' 'round the clock we were [D] hoppin' and
boppin' to the Crocodile Rock, well
[Chorus] [Em] Crocodile Rockin' is something shockin' when your [A7] feet just can't keep still [D7] I never knew me a better time and I [G] guess I never will. [E] Oh, Lawdy mamma those Friday nights when [A7] Susie wore her dresses tight and [D7] the Crocodile Rockin' was out of [F] si [C] gh [F] t. [C][F][C]
[Interlude] [G][G][Em][Em] - [C][C][D][D]
[Verse 2] But the [G] years went by and rock just died, [Bm] Susie went and left me for some foreign guy, [C] Long nights cryin' by the record machine [D] dreamin' of my Chevy & my old blue jeans but they'll [G] Never kill the thrills we got burnin' [Bm] up to the Crocodile Rock, Learning [C] fast as the weeks went past, we really th [D] ought the Crocodile Rock would last, well
[Chorus] [Em] Crocodile Rockin' is something shockin' when your [A7] feet just can't keep still [D7] I never knew me a better time and I [G] guess I never will. [E] Oh, Lawdy mamma those Friday nights when [A7] Susie wore her dresses tight and [D7] the Crocodile Rockin' was out of [F] si [C] gh [F] t. [C][F][C]
[Interlude] [G][G][Em][Em] - [C][C][D][D]
[Verse 3] I rem [G] ember when rock was young, me and [Bm] Susie had so much fun Holding [C] hands and skimmin' stones had a [D] old gold Chevy & a place of my own But the [G] biggest kick I ever got was doin' a [Bm] thing called the Crocodile Rock While the [C] other kids were rockin' 'round the clock we were [D] hoppin' and
boppin' to the Crocodile Rock, well
[Chorus] [Em] Crocodile Rockin' is something shockin' when your [A7] feet just can't keep still [D7] I never knew me a better time and I [G] guess I never will. [E] Oh, Lawdy mamma those Friday nights when [A7] Susie wore her dresses tight and [D7] the Crocodile Rockin' was out of [F] si [C] gh [F] t. [C][F][C]