Coco Jamboo  (1996)     (video)    (midi)

 

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                   Ya ya ya Coco Jambo, ya ya ye !  (2x)

 

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Put me up, put me down, put my feet back on the ground,

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put me up, take my heart and make me happy.         (2x)

 

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1.        Here we go, gettin‘ smooth to the groove,

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   watching lovely ladies as I smooth, as I move,

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    ‘cause that‘s what they say, but I can‘t prove,

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    so turn it up again and watch me move to the groove,

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    As we get close, you whisper coco,

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    I hold you in my arms and you say jambo,

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    scream and shout, turn and say Colombo,

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    now I gotta go, so coco.

 

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Put me up, put me down, put my feet back on the ground,

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put me up, take my heart and make me happy.         (2x)

 

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+  Ya ya ya, Coco Jambo, ya ya ye,

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    ya ya ya, Coco Jambo, ya ya ye ! (2x)

 

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2.         That‘s the way I treat the girls, kinda smoth, see,

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    ‘cause there‘s one man and yo, well that‘s me, see.

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    So let me show you round while you sip your tee gee,

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    but no coco loco, boom, while I take a pee leak.

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    When I hold my baby, she says I do it nicer,

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    I like my chicken with rice and lemonade. And

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    that‘s what you get when she shouts out jambo,

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    now I gotta go, yo coco.

 

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Put me up, put me down, put my feet back on the ground,

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put me up, take my heart and make me happy.         (2x)

 

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+  Ya ya ya, Coco Jambo, ya ya ye,

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    ya ya ya, Coco Jambo, ya ya ye ! (3x)

 

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Put me up, put me down, put my feet back on the ground,

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put me up, take my heart and make me happy.         (2x)

 

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+  Ya ya ya, Coco Jambo, ya ya ye,

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    ya ya ya, Coco Jambo, ya ya ye ! (2x)

 

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+  Ya ya ya, Coco Jambo, ya ya ye !

 

 

(orig. = capo 2nd)    (Mr. President)