Gene And Wendell - The Roach Chords & Tabs
Gene And Wendell - The Roach Chords
The Roach:Gene And Wendell.
#14 R&B and #117 on BB Hot 100
on RAY STAR Records in 1961.
INTRO: C C7
#1.
C
There's a dance they call it The Roach..
C7
it's buggin' all the kids from coast to coast.
F
Well now, form a big line..(do The Roach)..to
C
the post..(do The Roach.)
G7 F
Everybody, now, squish, (woo-ooo)..squash..
C G7
(kill that roach.)
#2.
C
Well, there's a roach upon my floor, I'm gonna
C7
have to kill it can't stand it no more.
F C
He-he-he gets in my way..(do The Roach)..every day..
(do The Roach.)
G7 F
But I'll..(git it, yeah)..squish, I'll git it, yeh!..
C G7
someday..(kill that roach.)
CHORUS:
C
(You stomp, step, skip' two-three-four-five-six-seven.)
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/m/misc_unsigned_bands/gene_and_wendell_the_roach_crd.html ]
(You stomp, step, skip' two-three-four-five-six-seven.)
F
(You stomp, step, skip two-three-four-five-six-seven.)
C
(You stomp, step, skip' two-three-four-five-six-seven.)
G7 F C
(Squish..woo-ooo..squash..kill that roach.)
G7
Yeah-hey-hey, hey now.
INTERLUDE: C C7 F C G7 F C G7
#3.
C
Well, I was takin' a bath the other night..I checked my
C7
hair, it was lookin' a fright.
F
Well, I we-ent to the store..(lookin' bad)..to get some
C G7
hair oil..(do The Roach)..and that's a-where I saw the roach
C G7
talkin' to my girl.
OUTRO:
C
Let me at him..(squish)..I'm gonna kill him..(squash.)
Oh, let me at him..(squash)..I'm gonna kill him..(squash.)
F
Let me at him..(squish)..I'm gonna kill him..(squash.)
C
Oh, let me at him..(squash)..I'm gonna kill him..(squash.)
G7 F
Let me at him..(squish)..I'm gonna kill him..(squash.)
C
Oh, let me at him..(squash)..I'm gonna kill him..(squash.)(Fade.)
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