Misc Unsigned Bands - Gene And Wendell - The Roach Chords & Tabs

 

Gene And Wendell - The Roach Chords & Tabs

Misc Unsigned Bands Chords & Tabs

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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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