...LITTLE RED ROOSTER... by Sam Cooke ------------------------............. *from 'Night Beat' (1963)* (Written by Willie Dixon and Chester Arthur Burnett) Intro: E7 D7, A7 E7 Verse 1: A7 (x02020@1) D7 (xx0212@1) A7 (x02020@1)I got a little red rooster; too lazy to crow for day. D7 (xx0212@1) A7 (x02020@1)I got a little red rooster; too lazy to crow for day. E7 (020130@1) D7 (xx0212@1) A7 (x02020@1)E7He (020130@1)keeps everything in the barn yard, upset in every way. Verse 2: A7 (x02020@1) D7 (xx0212@1) A7The (x02020@1)dogs begin to bark, the hounds begin to howl. D7 (xx0212@1) A7The (x02020@1)dogs begin to bark, the hounds begin to howl. E7 (020130@1) D7 (xx0212@1) A7 (x02020@1) E7 (020130@1)Watch out all you kinfolk; my little red rooster's on the prowl. Verse 3: A7 (x02020@1) D7 (xx0212@1) A7I (x02020@1)tell you; he, keeps all the hens, fighting a-mong themselves. D7 (xx0212@1) A7 (x02020@1)Keeps all the hens fighting among them-selves. E7He (020130@1)don't want no hen in the barnyard, D7 (xx0212@1) A7 (x02020@1) E7 (020130@1)Layin' eggs for nobody else, Lord... yeah. Solo: A7 (x02020@1)D7 (xx0212@1)A7, D7 (xx0212@1)A7, E7 (020130@1)D7 (xx0212@1)A7 (x02020@1) E7 (020130@1) Let me tell everybody... Verse 4: A7 (x02020@1) D7 (xx0212@1) A7Now (x02020@1)if you see my little red rooster; send him home. D7 (xx0212@1) A7Said; (x02020@1)if you see my little red rooster; send him home. E7I (020130@1)ain't had no peace in the barn yard, D7 (xx0212@1) A7 (x02020@1)Since my little red rooster's been gone. CHORD DIAGRAMS: --------------- E7 (020130@1) D7 (xx0212@1) A7 (x02020@1)EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE x79797 x57575 577655 Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2005 (clumsyband@hotmail.com)
