Daddy Cool — The Rays
Chords and lyrics for Daddy Cool by The Rays (key of B).
Verse 1
Daddy Cool:the Rays.
(Daddy Cool was the flip side
of their hit 'Silhouettes on
CAMEO Records. It also made the Top 40
in 1957.)
[B]I saw a crazy [Bb]chick a-running [Ab]down the [Db]street.
I said, [Eb]a-whoo [B]pretty baby, why the [E]ragged beat?
She [Eb]said, [E]wow, what a [Ab]square, don't you [Abm7]dig
the [Ab]scene?
[Gb]Daddy Cool's [Ab]playing his [E]piano [B]machine.
(Daddy [Eb]who? Daddy [Cm]Cool! Daddy [Gb]who? Daddy [Eb]Cool!)
Chorus
Daddy [B]Cool, Daddy [Eb]Cool (cool, daddy, cool)
Daddy [F]Cool, Daddy [Eb]Cool (cool, daddy, cool)
Daddy [Bb]Cool, Daddy [Bb7]Coooool..
Daddy [Gm7]Cool, Daddy [Eb]Cool [Ebm](ah-ha-ha, [Eb]ah-ha-ha)
#1.
[Eb]She led me by the hand (cool daddy, cool)
Down to the [Cm]railroad [Eb]track (cool daddy, cool)
There in a tin roof [Bb]honnnnky tonk,
Cool Daddy shook the [Eb]shack (ah-ha-ha, ah-ha-ha.)
#2.
[Eb]The joint was dim and dark (cool daddy, cool)
Except for [Cm]one [Eb]spotlight (cool daddy, cool)
a-shining onto [Bb]frantic hands..that rock like
[Eb]dyna-mite [Bb](ah-ha-ha, [Eb]ah-ha-ha)
Chorus
[Eb]They had it..
Daddy [Gb]Cool, Daddy [Eb]Cool (cool, daddy, cool)
They had it..
Daddy [Bb]Cool, Daddy [Eb]Cool (cool, daddy, cool)
[Eb]They had it..
Daddy [Bb]Cool, Daddy [Bb7]Coooool..
Daddy [Gm7]Cool, Daddy [Eb]Cool [Ebm](ah-ha-ha, [Eb]ah-ha-ha)
Bridge
[Eb](Rock Cool Daddy, honky tonkin' Daddy..
Rock Cool Daddy, honky tonkin' Daddy..
[Ab]Rock Cool [Eb]Daddy, [Ab]honky tonkin' [Ebm]Daddy..
Rock Cool [Eb]Daddy, honky tonkin' Daddy..
[Bb]Rock Cool [Gb]Daddy, [Ab]honky tonkin' [B]Daddy..
[Eb]Rock, rock, rock, rock, rock..
[Eb] [Ebm] [Eb] [Ab] [Gb] [Ab] [Eb] [Ebm] [Bb] [Ab] [Eb]
#3.
[Eb]The rhythm was so gone (cool [Fm]daddy, [Eb]cool)
I said, [Cm]come on [Eb]chick, dance (cool daddy, cool)
And as I [Gb]held her [Bb][Db]innnnnn my [Bb]arms..
I [Eb]knew I [Ab]found [Eb]ro-mance [Ab](ah-ha-ha, [Eb]ah-ha-ha).
#4.
[Eb]Then when they closed the club (cool daddy, cool)
I walked my [Ebm]baby [Eb]home (cool daddy, cool)
But now I [Bbm]see her [Bb]every night cause she says [Eb]I'm
her own [Gb](ah-ha-ha, [Eb]ah-ha-ha!)
Chorus
Daddy [B]Cool, Daddy [Eb]Cool (cool, daddy, cool)
Daddy [Bb]Cool, Daddy [Eb]Cool (cool, daddy, cool)
Daddy [F]Cool, Daddy [Bb][Bb7]Coooool..
Daddy [Gm7]Cool, Daddy [Eb]Cool [Bb](ah-ha-ha, [Eb]ah-ha-ha,
ah-ha-ha!)
A fifties smash from Kraziekhat.
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