Coco Jamboo (1996)
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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)
+ Bm - G - A (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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- A
put me up, take my heart and make
me happy. (2x)
Bm G Bm G
+ Ya ya ya,
Coco Jambo, ya ya ye,
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ya ya ya,
Coco Jambo, ya ya ye ! (3x)
Bm G A
Put me up, put me down, put my feet back on the ground,
Bm
G - A
put me up, take my heart and make
me happy. (2x)
Bm G Bm G
+ 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)