Sam Cooke – Little Red Rooster chords

...LITTLE RED ROOSTER... by Sam Cooke
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*from 'Night Beat' (1963)*

(Written by Willie Dixon and Chester Arthur Burnett)


Intro:

E7  D7, A7  E7

Verse 1:

A7                  D7                   A7 I got a little red rooster; too lazy to crow for day.
D7                                       A7 I got a little red rooster; too lazy to crow for day.
         E7                          D7              A7  E7He keeps everything in the barn yard, upset in every way.

Verse 2:

    A7                 D7                   A7The dogs begin to bark, the hounds begin to howl.
    D7                                      A7The dogs begin to bark, the hounds begin to howl.
E7                         D7                              A7    E7 Watch out all you kinfolk; my little red rooster's on the prowl.

Verse 3:

                A7                 D7          A7I tell you; he, keeps all the hens, fighting a-mong themselves.
D7                                      A7 Keeps all the hens fighting among them-selves.
                 E7He don't want no hen in the barnyard,
D7                      A7   E7 Layin' eggs for nobody else, Lord... yeah.

Solo:

A7  D7  A7, D7  A7, E7  D7  A7           E7                             Let me tell everybody...

Verse 4:

           A7                        D7        A7Now if you see my little red rooster; send him home.
             D7                                  A7Said; if you see my little red rooster; send him home.
        E7I ain't had no peace in the barn yard,
D7                                  A7 Since my little red rooster's been gone.


CHORD DIAGRAMS:
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   E7      D7      A7

 EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE
 x79797  x57575  577655


Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2005 (clumsyband@hotmail.com)