I re mem ber when by rock was and young.
rock died.
Me and Su sie had and so much for fun for eign guy.
hold in’ hands nights and cry skim min’ by stones.
rec ord ma chine, Had an old gold of Chev Chev y and my old of blue jeans.
But they’ll nev er kill the thrills we got
was burn ing ing (Bm)up to the croc o dile rock.
Learn ing fast er as the weeks went ’round the clock, we were hop thought pin’ and bop pin’ to the rock o would last.
Well, croc o dile rock in’ is some thing shock in’ when your (A7)feet just can’t keep still.
I nev er knew me a bet ter time and I guess I nev er will.
Oh, Lawd y, ma ma, those Fri day nights when (A7)Su sie wore her dress es tight and the croc o dile rock in’ was out of (F)sight.
(G)La,
la la la la (Em)la,
la la la la (C)la,
la la la la (D)la.
But the years ber when by rock was and young.
rock died.
Me and Su sie had and so much for fun for eign guy.
hold in’ hands nights and cry skim min’ by stones.
rec ord ma chine, Had an old gold of Chev Chev y and a place of my own.
But the big gest kick I ev er got was do ing a (Bm)thing called the croc o dile rock.
While the oth er kids were rock in’ ’round the clock, we were hop thought pin’ and bop pin’ to the croc o dile rock.
Well, croc o dile rock in’ is some thing shock in’ when your (A7)feet just can’t keep still.
I nev er knew me a bet ter time and I guess I nev er will.
Oh, Lawd y, ma ma, those Fri day nights when (A7)Su sie wore her dress es tight and the croc o dile rock in’ was out of (F)sight.
(G)La,
la la la la (Em)la,
la la la la (C)la,
la la la la (D)la.
I re mem
(G)La,
la la la la (Em)la,
la la la la (C)la,
la la la la (D)la.
(G)La,
la la la la (Em)la,
la la la la (C)la,
la la la la (D)la.
(D)la.
This page shows “Crocodile Rock” by Elton John in our color-coded kid songbook view — every note is colored by pitch (red C, orange D, yellow E, green F, blue G, purple A, pink B) and the lyrics sit directly under each note, so children can sing along while they play. The song is in the key of G at 150 BPM, a medium-difficulty arrangement — try slowing the tempo down using the BPM control.