Snookeroo

C - G C - G

C G

1. I was born in the north of England,

Am F

I was raised in a working town,

C G

I broke all the rules when I went to school,

Am F

but the teachers couldn't pin me down.

G C

I tried to make my parents proud

E Am

by adapting to the social powers,

C G

oh pigs, will fly, and the earth will fry,

Am D

when they get me doing honest hours.

Am D - G C

Snookeroo, Snookeroo, Daddy's going on the booze,

Am D G G7

Mother used to cut my hair, and sister used to make the news.

Am F

Well, it was two rooms up and two rooms down,

D G

and we were sentenced by the wrecking crane.

C G Am G

I was born on the eve of Halloween,

- Am D - G C -Bb-F- G

and Snookeroo, Snookeroo, Snookeroo's my name.

C G

2. I need someone to cook for me,

Am F

and turn me loose at night.

C G

I could spend my life with a factory girl,

Am D

'cause the factory girl's my type.

G C

I hear them gossip on the street,

E Am

most of what they say is true,

C G

Oh, don't you know that I hear them say,

Am D

there goes that lazy, no-good Snookeroo.

Am D - G C

Snookeroo, Snookeroo, Daddy's going on the booze,

Am D G G7

Mother used to cut my hair, and sister used to make the news.

Am F

Well, it was two rooms up and two rooms down,

D G

and we were sentenced by the wrecking crane.

C G Am G

I was born on the eve of Halloween,

- Am D - G C - Bb-F-G

and Snookeroo, Snookeroo, Snookeroo's my name.

+ repeat verse 2 as instrumental

+ CHORUS (last line different this time : )

- Am D - Am D

and Snookeroo, Snookeroo, Snookeroo, Snookeroo,

Am D - G C - Bb-F-G

Snookeroo, Snookeroo, Snookeroo's my name.

(orig. = capo 3rd) (Ringo Starr)