Cool Jerk:The Capitols.
#2 R&B, #9 on CANADIAN RPM and #7 on
BB Hot 100 on KAREN Records in 1966.

INTRO: E..D E Bm 

#1.
E        Bm  E        Bm  E        Bm  E         Bm
Cool Jerk....Cool Jerk....Cool Jerk....Cool Jerk.. 
E                     Bm            E         Bm
we know a cat who can really do the Cool Jerk.
E                     Bm            E         Bm  B
We know a cat who can really do the Cool Jerk.....welllll..
A        Em                       A 
this cat they're talking about..I wonder who could 
   Em          A            Em                A
it be..cause I know I'm the heaviest cat, the heaviest 
        E
cat you ever did see.

#2.
G#m7
When you see me walking down the street (hey, hey) and the 
           C#m                  A
the fellas jump to their feet..(hey, hey)..on their faces 
                                  B
they wear silly smirks cause they know I'm the king of the 
A    B
Cool Jerk..(wooooo!!!)
E        Bm  E        Bm  E        Bm  E         Bm
Cool Jerk....Cool Jerk....Cool Jerk....Cool Jerk..ah-ha-ha!!

BRIDGE:
E                  Bm                               E
Look at them guys (uh-huh) looking at me like I'm a fool.
(Cool Jerk)
B                    E                        Bm
Ahhhh, but deep down inside (Cool Jerk, uh-uh-huh) they know 
    E   Bm
I'm cool.
        E                                  Bm
I said, now, I said, now (Cool Jerk, uh-uh-huh) the moment of 
E                                         Bm
truth has finally come..(Cool Jerk, uh-uh-huh)..when I'm gonna 
E                                Bm                 E        Bm
show you some..(Cool Jerk, uh-uh-huh)..some of that Cool Jerk.
     E                Bm                               E
Now,(Cool Jerk, uh-uh-huh) give me a little bit of the drums by 
   Bm                E
himself, there..now, give me a little bit of bass with those 
G#     E       Bm               E       Bm             E
eighty-eights..ahhhhhhh, you're cookin, mmmmmm, you're smokin'..
        Bm         E          Bm
mmm-mmm-mmm!..now, everybody, I wanna hear y'all..

#3.
Bm           E                             A             
Aaaaaahhhhh..can you do it, can you do it, can you do it, can you 
       E                             A              E
do it, can you do it, can you do it, can you do it..can you do the

Cool Jerk??
D        E                   Bm   
Come on, people (Cool jerk)..hey! hey!

#4.
G#m7
When you see me walkin down the street..(hey, hey)..they think twice 
    C#m                    A
and then they speak..(hey, hey)..
A                                                 B
On their faces they don't wear a smirk cause they know I'm the king of 
    A    B
the Cool Jerrrrrrk..wooooooo!!
E        Bm  E        Bm                     E        Bm  
Cool Jerk....Cool Jerk....(come, on people)..Cool Jerk....(can you do it?)
E         Bm
Cool Jerk....(come on, people)..

OUTRO:
E                             A                             E
Can you do it, can you do it, can you do it, can you do it, can you do it,
               A                             E
can you do it, can you do it, can you do it, can you do it..???(Fade.)



A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.