Chords for Dr Hook - "Roland The Roadie And Gertrude The Groupie" (Live Show)
Tempo:
63.3 bpm
Chords used:
D
A
E
G
Bb
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
My name is Ray Sawyer.
Yeah, and the group, wasn't it the Chocolate Paupers?
Chocolate Papers, not [Bm] Paupers.
Yeah, we was [B] kind of Paupers too.
Chocolate [Db] Papers.
How did you know that?
Yeah, I don't [Bm] know.
It's just somebody told me the other day.
Did you tell him, Bill?
Yeah, that's amazing, man.
[B] I didn't know anybody knew that.
That was when we was [A] first started, right after I had the car [G] wreck in 1968.
And we was down in [E] Biloxi, right close to [Db] New Orleans.
And we got a band together and they started calling us Chocolate Papers.
[G] And then you came to Holland and you went to the pier in Scheveningen with Redbone.
[D] That's right.
How did you know that?
Did you [E] know that Redbone was not Indians?
[G] None of them, they were all Mexican.
They had no wounded knees?
That's a truth.
Nothing wrong with their knees?
No, [D] they were great, man.
They were good guys, but they weren't
I don't know [Ab] why they called themselves Indian.
[C] [D] 1972 was the year that the Apollo 17 was launched.
[G] [C] Also, that year was the year that the [G] age of 21 to 18 was allowed to be lowered.
[Dm] Dr.
Hook and The Medicine Show [D] were mainly known for the cover of [Bb] Ray Sawyer
and their stunning parody of The Rock and [A] Roll.
[Eb] In 1972 they had three hits.
The cover of The Rolling Stone, [D] Carry Me, Carry and Sylvia's Mother.
Here [Ab] is Dr.
Hook and The [G] Medicine Show.
[D]
Now, Roland was [G] only a [Bm] toady who set up the lights and the mics for the [Em] show.
But Gertrude De [D] Groovy was a rock [Bm] and roll fan
[D] who waits by the stage door in the [Em] rain and the snow.
[A] Roland, the roadie, [D] Gertrude De Groovy
[A] Out of a house, sent back [E] in the old
[A] He tried to seduce [D] her, said he'd introduce [E] her
To all of the [A] Beatles and Stones
Gertrude De [D] Groovy, that Gertrude De [A] Groovy
I see in the [E] palpable
[A]
Gertrude De [D] Groovy, that Gertrude De [E] Groovy
But Roland, the [A] roadie, fell in love
[E] With some folks, the [D] pimp I think
With some folks, the [A] hook chops
And some folks, the [E] vegetable soup
When Roland, the [D] roadie, left Gertrude De [Abm] Groovy
Gertrude De [A] Groovy, love
She stood up and screamed as the [D] endless block beamed
On her heels so [E] skinny and tall
With [A] their eyes so droopy [D] and old and groovy
[E] She was in love with [A] them all
And Roland, the roadie, [D]
[E] [A] what wildest dreams
[D]
She [E] was out with her group in [A] the land
Hey, Gertrude!
What about me?
[Bb] Roland, the [Eb] roadie, is back on the road
[Bb] His heart's been broken [F] again
[Bb] And Gertrude De Groovy, [Eb] we're out in the cold
[F] For the very next group to [Bb] come in
[F] And some folks, the pimp I [Eb] think
With some folks, the hook chops
[Bb] And some folks, the vegetable [F] soup
But Roland, the roadie, left Gertrude De Groovy
[Gb] But Gertrude De Groovy, [Bb] love
Love, love, love, love
[G]
Yeah, and the group, wasn't it the Chocolate Paupers?
Chocolate Papers, not [Bm] Paupers.
Yeah, we was [B] kind of Paupers too.
Chocolate [Db] Papers.
How did you know that?
Yeah, I don't [Bm] know.
It's just somebody told me the other day.
Did you tell him, Bill?
Yeah, that's amazing, man.
[B] I didn't know anybody knew that.
That was when we was [A] first started, right after I had the car [G] wreck in 1968.
And we was down in [E] Biloxi, right close to [Db] New Orleans.
And we got a band together and they started calling us Chocolate Papers.
[G] And then you came to Holland and you went to the pier in Scheveningen with Redbone.
[D] That's right.
How did you know that?
Did you [E] know that Redbone was not Indians?
[G] None of them, they were all Mexican.
They had no wounded knees?
That's a truth.
Nothing wrong with their knees?
No, [D] they were great, man.
They were good guys, but they weren't
I don't know [Ab] why they called themselves Indian.
[C] [D] 1972 was the year that the Apollo 17 was launched.
[G] [C] Also, that year was the year that the [G] age of 21 to 18 was allowed to be lowered.
[Dm] Dr.
Hook and The Medicine Show [D] were mainly known for the cover of [Bb] Ray Sawyer
and their stunning parody of The Rock and [A] Roll.
[Eb] In 1972 they had three hits.
The cover of The Rolling Stone, [D] Carry Me, Carry and Sylvia's Mother.
Here [Ab] is Dr.
Hook and The [G] Medicine Show.
[D]
Now, Roland was [G] only a [Bm] toady who set up the lights and the mics for the [Em] show.
But Gertrude De [D] Groovy was a rock [Bm] and roll fan
[D] who waits by the stage door in the [Em] rain and the snow.
[A] Roland, the roadie, [D] Gertrude De Groovy
[A] Out of a house, sent back [E] in the old
[A] He tried to seduce [D] her, said he'd introduce [E] her
To all of the [A] Beatles and Stones
Gertrude De [D] Groovy, that Gertrude De [A] Groovy
I see in the [E] palpable
[A]
Gertrude De [D] Groovy, that Gertrude De [E] Groovy
But Roland, the [A] roadie, fell in love
[E] With some folks, the [D] pimp I think
With some folks, the [A] hook chops
And some folks, the [E] vegetable soup
When Roland, the [D] roadie, left Gertrude De [Abm] Groovy
Gertrude De [A] Groovy, love
She stood up and screamed as the [D] endless block beamed
On her heels so [E] skinny and tall
With [A] their eyes so droopy [D] and old and groovy
[E] She was in love with [A] them all
And Roland, the roadie, [D]
[E] [A] what wildest dreams
[D]
She [E] was out with her group in [A] the land
Hey, Gertrude!
What about me?
[Bb] Roland, the [Eb] roadie, is back on the road
[Bb] His heart's been broken [F] again
[Bb] And Gertrude De Groovy, [Eb] we're out in the cold
[F] For the very next group to [Bb] come in
[F] And some folks, the pimp I [Eb] think
With some folks, the hook chops
[Bb] And some folks, the vegetable [F] soup
But Roland, the roadie, left Gertrude De Groovy
[Gb] But Gertrude De Groovy, [Bb] love
Love, love, love, love
[G]
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My name is Ray Sawyer.
Yeah, and the group, wasn't it the Chocolate Paupers?
Chocolate Papers, not [Bm] Paupers.
Yeah, we was [B] kind of Paupers too.
Chocolate [Db] Papers.
How did you know that?
Yeah, I don't [Bm] know.
It's just somebody told me the other day.
Did you tell him, Bill?
Yeah, that's amazing, man.
[B] I didn't know anybody knew that.
That was when we was [A] first started, right after I had the car [G] wreck in 1968.
And we was down in [E] Biloxi, right close to [Db] New Orleans.
And we got a band together and they started calling us Chocolate Papers.
[G] And then you came to Holland and you went to the pier in Scheveningen with Redbone.
[D] That's right.
How did you know that?
Did you [E] know that Redbone was not Indians?
[G] None of them, they were all Mexican.
They had no wounded knees?
That's a truth.
Nothing wrong with their knees?
No, [D] they were great, man.
They were good guys, but they weren't_
I don't know [Ab] why they called themselves Indian.
_ _ [C] [D] 1972 was the year that the Apollo 17 was launched.
[G] _ [C] Also, that year was the year that the [G] age of 21 to 18 was allowed to be lowered.
[Dm] Dr.
Hook and The Medicine Show [D] were mainly known for the cover of [Bb] Ray Sawyer
and their stunning parody of The Rock and [A] Roll.
[Eb] In 1972 they had three hits.
The cover of The Rolling Stone, [D] Carry Me, Carry and Sylvia's Mother.
Here [Ab] is Dr.
Hook and The [G] Medicine Show.
_ [D] _
Now, Roland was [G] only a [Bm] toady who set up the lights and the mics for the [Em] show.
But Gertrude De [D] Groovy was a rock [Bm] and roll fan
[D] who waits by the stage door in the [Em] rain and the snow. _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ Roland, the roadie, [D] Gertrude De Groovy
[A] Out of a house, sent back [E] in the old
[A] He tried to seduce [D] her, said he'd introduce [E] her
To all of the [A] Beatles and Stones
Gertrude De [D] Groovy, that Gertrude De [A] Groovy
I see in the [E] palpable
_ [A]
Gertrude De [D] Groovy, that Gertrude De [E] Groovy
But Roland, the [A] roadie, fell in love
[E] With some folks, the [D] pimp I think
With some folks, the [A] hook chops
And some folks, the [E] vegetable soup
When Roland, the [D] roadie, left Gertrude De [Abm] Groovy
Gertrude De [A] Groovy, love
She stood _ _ up and screamed as the [D] endless block beamed
On her heels so [E] skinny and tall
With [A] their eyes so droopy [D] and old and groovy
[E] She was in love with [A] them all
And Roland, the roadie, [D] _
_ _ [E] _ _ [A] what wildest dreams
[D]
She [E] was out with her group in [A] the land
Hey, Gertrude!
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
What about me?
_ [Bb] _ _ Roland, the [Eb] roadie, is back on the road
[Bb] His heart's been broken [F] again
[Bb] And Gertrude De Groovy, [Eb] we're out in the cold
[F] For the very next group to [Bb] come in
[F] And some folks, the pimp I [Eb] think
With some folks, the hook chops
[Bb] And some folks, the vegetable [F] soup
But Roland, the roadie, left Gertrude De Groovy
[Gb] But Gertrude De Groovy, [Bb] love
Love, love, love, love
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
Yeah, and the group, wasn't it the Chocolate Paupers?
Chocolate Papers, not [Bm] Paupers.
Yeah, we was [B] kind of Paupers too.
Chocolate [Db] Papers.
How did you know that?
Yeah, I don't [Bm] know.
It's just somebody told me the other day.
Did you tell him, Bill?
Yeah, that's amazing, man.
[B] I didn't know anybody knew that.
That was when we was [A] first started, right after I had the car [G] wreck in 1968.
And we was down in [E] Biloxi, right close to [Db] New Orleans.
And we got a band together and they started calling us Chocolate Papers.
[G] And then you came to Holland and you went to the pier in Scheveningen with Redbone.
[D] That's right.
How did you know that?
Did you [E] know that Redbone was not Indians?
[G] None of them, they were all Mexican.
They had no wounded knees?
That's a truth.
Nothing wrong with their knees?
No, [D] they were great, man.
They were good guys, but they weren't_
I don't know [Ab] why they called themselves Indian.
_ _ [C] [D] 1972 was the year that the Apollo 17 was launched.
[G] _ [C] Also, that year was the year that the [G] age of 21 to 18 was allowed to be lowered.
[Dm] Dr.
Hook and The Medicine Show [D] were mainly known for the cover of [Bb] Ray Sawyer
and their stunning parody of The Rock and [A] Roll.
[Eb] In 1972 they had three hits.
The cover of The Rolling Stone, [D] Carry Me, Carry and Sylvia's Mother.
Here [Ab] is Dr.
Hook and The [G] Medicine Show.
_ [D] _
Now, Roland was [G] only a [Bm] toady who set up the lights and the mics for the [Em] show.
But Gertrude De [D] Groovy was a rock [Bm] and roll fan
[D] who waits by the stage door in the [Em] rain and the snow. _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ Roland, the roadie, [D] Gertrude De Groovy
[A] Out of a house, sent back [E] in the old
[A] He tried to seduce [D] her, said he'd introduce [E] her
To all of the [A] Beatles and Stones
Gertrude De [D] Groovy, that Gertrude De [A] Groovy
I see in the [E] palpable
_ [A]
Gertrude De [D] Groovy, that Gertrude De [E] Groovy
But Roland, the [A] roadie, fell in love
[E] With some folks, the [D] pimp I think
With some folks, the [A] hook chops
And some folks, the [E] vegetable soup
When Roland, the [D] roadie, left Gertrude De [Abm] Groovy
Gertrude De [A] Groovy, love
She stood _ _ up and screamed as the [D] endless block beamed
On her heels so [E] skinny and tall
With [A] their eyes so droopy [D] and old and groovy
[E] She was in love with [A] them all
And Roland, the roadie, [D] _
_ _ [E] _ _ [A] what wildest dreams
[D]
She [E] was out with her group in [A] the land
Hey, Gertrude!
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
What about me?
_ [Bb] _ _ Roland, the [Eb] roadie, is back on the road
[Bb] His heart's been broken [F] again
[Bb] And Gertrude De Groovy, [Eb] we're out in the cold
[F] For the very next group to [Bb] come in
[F] And some folks, the pimp I [Eb] think
With some folks, the hook chops
[Bb] And some folks, the vegetable [F] soup
But Roland, the roadie, left Gertrude De Groovy
[Gb] But Gertrude De Groovy, [Bb] love
Love, love, love, love
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _